''Judagadu''() is a 1979 Indian

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

action film directed by

V. Madhusudhana Rao Veeramachineni Madhusudhana Rao (27 July 1917 – 11 January 2012) was an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is popularly known as ‘Victory’ Madhusudhana Rao. He directed ...

. The film became a superhit at the box office. The film stars Sobhan Babu and

Jayasudha Jayasudha Kapoor (born Sujatha Nidudavolu) is an Indian actress and politician known for her works predominantly in Telugu cinema. She has also worked in few Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi films. Known as natural actress, she received fiv ...

in the lead roles. The film became popular for the martial arts performance by Sobhan Babu. The film produced by Chatterjee under Samatha Films had his son, Kranthikumar playing the role of Sobhan Babu's younger brother. Chakravarthy scored the film's soundtrack. The song ''Mallela Velaa Allari'' became an instant hit upon release and is popular even today.

Cast

* Sobhan Babu as Vijay *

as Aruna *

Anjali Devi Anjali Devi (; 24 August 1927 – 13 January 2014) was an Indian actress, model and producer in Telugu and Tamil films. She was well known for her role as the Devi Sita in ''Lava Kusa'' as well as for the titular roles in movies like Chenchu ...

* Jaggayya as DSP Durga Rao *

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Sreedhar Sreedhar (born Sreedhar Surapaneni) (Telugu: ) was an Indian actor from Andhra Pradesh, who has predominantly acted in Telugu films. He started acting in small roles in early 70s. He became popular with Mutyala Muggu in 1975 directed by Bapu. ...

as Inspector Sreedhar *

Prabhakar Reddy Mandadi Prabhakar Reddy (1935–1997) was an Indian film character actor and doctor known for his works in Telugu cinema. He acted in over 472 films over three decades. He wrote stories for several acclaimed films, including '' Karthika Deepa ...

as Rudrappa * Giri Babu as Johnny * Jayamalini *

Nirmalamma Nirmalamma (18 July 1920 – 19 February 2009) was an Indian actress in the Telugu cinema. She has acted in more than 800 films. She was well known for her grandmother roles in several films.She won two Nandi Awards. Early life She was born in ...

*Thyagaraju * Narra Venkateswara Rao

Soundtrack

Release

The film was released on 15 August 1979. The film ran for 100 days in a few centres across the state. The film had a theatrical run of 78 days in Hyderabad and 58 days in

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{{IMDb title, tt0390148 1970s Telugu-language films 1970s Indian films Films directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao