''Songadya'' () is a 1971 Indian

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-language

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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

Usha Chavan Usha Chavan (born 17 October 1955) is an Indian actress working mainly in Marathi movies. She has received several awards including two Filmfare Awards Marathi in the category of Best Actress for her roles in the films ''Nav Motha Lakshan Kh ...

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

tamasha Tamasha () is a traditional form of Marathi theatre, often with singing and dancing, widely performed by local or travelling theatre groups within the state of Maharashtra, India."Tamasha", in James R. Brandon and Martin Banham (eds), ''The Cambr ...

, 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 Ram Kadam. 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

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'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 *

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as Battashya *

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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 Ram Kadam and songs were sung by

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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

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'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 Bal Thackeray (; 23 January 1926 – 17 November 2012), also known as Balasaheb Thackeray, was an Indian cartoonist and politician who founded the original Shiv Sena, a far-right, a pro-Marathi and a Hindu nationalist party active mainly in th ...

, the head of the

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, for assistance. Before long,

Shiv Sainiks Shiv Sena was a Marathi regionalist and Hindu nationalist political party that split in 2022 into: * Shiv Sena (2022–present), formed by a faction led by Eknath Shinde * Shiv Sena (UBT), formed by a faction led by Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray Shiv ...

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 comedy-drama films Indian comedy-drama films 1970s Marathi-language films Marathi-language drama films Films scored by Ram Kadam Tamasha films Indian sex comedy films Indian black-and-white films