''Songadya'' () is a 1971 Indian

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film directed by Govind Kulkarni and written by

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. The film was produced and is starred by

Dada Kondke Krishna "Dada" Kondke (Marathi pronunciation: ̪aːd̪a koːɳɖke 8 August 1932 – 14 March 1998) was an Indian actor and film producer. He was one of the most renowned personalities in Marathi film industry, famous for his double entendre ...

with

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. It was the debut of Kondke's own kind of ribald comedy, vaguely borrowed from

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, with a seductive heroine, an innocent but bumbling hero, and dialogue full of innuendo and sexual puns. The cinematography was handled by Arvind Lad and editing was provided by N. S. Vaidya. In addition, the soundtrack was composed by

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. The film was a huge box office hit ran over than 25 weeks in theatres.

Plot

The gentle Namya, son of the rough Shitabai, is brought to a

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performance by his friends. He becomes so enthralled by the Draupadi's Vastraharan episode from ''

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'' that he rushes onto the stage, interfering with the performance. When the actor supposed to portray the monkey god

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becomes inebriated, he is asked to understudy the role and heads to the next hamlet to witness the show again. Namya is ejected from the house by his grieving mother, but dancer Kalavati gives him a place to stay. Then Namya, a simpleton, develops feelings for Kalavati, a gorgeous woman.

Cast

as Namdeo (Namya) *

as Kalavati * Nilu Phule *

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* Ratnamala * Gulab Mokashi * Bhalchandra Kulkarni * Vasant Khedekar * Sampat Nikam * Madhu Bhosale * Damodar Gaikwad * Shanta Tambe

Soundtrack

The music album was composed by

and songs were sung by Suman Kalyanpur,

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, Krishna Kulle, Jaywant Kulkarni, Pushpa Pagdhare. The

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was by Ramnath Jathar and sound recording was done by Mangesh Desai, B. N. Sharma.

Controversy

Kohinoor Theatre's owner in

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choose to show

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's '' Teen Devian'' despite Kondke having reserved the venue four weeks in advance. Dada Kondke then asked Balasaheb Thackeray, the head of the Shiv Sena, for assistance. Before long, Shiv Sainiks assembled and began demonstrating outside the venue. When "Songadya" was eventually launched in Kohinoor, it became very popular.

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* {{IMDb title, id=0272302 1971 films 1971 drama films 1970s Marathi-language films Marathi-language drama films Films scored by Ram Kadam Indian drama films Tamasha films