Sahodhari

Production

The film was produced by Gubbi Veeranna and C. R. Basavaraj, both from the Kannada cinema. The story of the film was written by Krishnamurthi Puranic, a Kannada writer. The film was made both in Kannada and Tamil. Murasoli Maran wrote the screenplay and dialogues for the Tamil version. The production was financed by A. V. Meiyappan. The Milkman character played by J. P. Chandrababu was included on his recommendation as an afterthought.

Plot

Pazhani has two children — Chandiran and Meena. Meena is married. Chandiran loves Pankajam. His father and grandmother want him to marry a relative girl, Thangam who is very helpful to the family. But Chandiran marries Pankajam defying them. Meena's husband spends money in drinking and gambling. He also cheats her and develops a relationship with the milk woman. Meena is worried. Pankajam, who hailed from a rich family is not financially satisfied with Chandiran. She also starts suspecting Chandiran as having an affair with Thangam. Anandakonar, a milkman,who is also the fiancee of the milk woman finds out the extravagant life led by Meena's husband and his trying to seduce his fiancee, the milk woman. Anandakonar tries to bring a solution. How everything is solved forms the crux of the story.

Cast

K. Balaji as Meena's husband
Devika as Pankajam
Rajasulochana as Meena
Prem Nazir as Chandiran
Muthuraman as Ravi
J. P. Chandrababu as Anandakonar
Chittoor V. Nagaiah as Pazhani
Tambaram Lalitha as Thangam
S. R. Janaki
Padmini Priyadarshini as Milk woman
C.V.V. Panthulu
Asokan as Devika's brother
A. Rama Rao
‘Gemini' Balu
Indra Acharya
‘Maadi' Lakshmi
Kamatchi

Crew

Producer: Gubbi Veeranna and C. R. Basavaraj
Director: A. Bhim Singh
Cinematographer: Madhav Papule
Editing: A. Bhim Singh
Screenplay & Dialogues: Murasoli Maran
Studio: AVM
Choreography: K. N. Thandayuthapani Pillai
Art: H. Shantharam

Sound Track

The music was composed by R. Sudharsanam and the lyrics were penned by Kannadasan. Singer is J. P. Chandrababu. Playback singers are A. M. Rajah, R. Balasaraswathi Devi, P. Suseela & K. Jamuna Rani.

J. P. Chandrababu's Naan oru muttaalunga song became a big hit.

Partial Songs List