Songadya (transl. Jester)[1][a] is a 1971 Indian Marathi-language drama film directed by Govind Kulkarni and written by Vasant Sabnis. The film was produced and is starred by Dada Kondke with Usha Chavan.[3][4] It was the debut of Kondke's own kind of ribald comedy, vaguely borrowed from tamasha, with a seductive heroine, an innocent but bumbling hero, and dialogue full of innuendo and sexual puns.[1]
The cinematography was handled by Arvind Lad and editing was provided by N. S. Vaidya. In addition, the soundtrack was composed by Ram Kadam.[5] The film was a huge box office hit ran over than 25 weeks in theatres.[6]
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Songadya (transl. Jester) is a 1971 Indian Marathi-language drama film directed by Govind Kulkarni and written by Vasant Sabnis. The film was produced...
for Best Feature Film in Marathi. He then turned producer with Songadya in 1971. Songadya was based on a story written by Vasant Sabnis, and was directed...
and Ranpakhre (1980). In 1971 Usha Chavan made her debut with the film Songadya. She has also acted in Telugu film such as Durdabitta, and in the Hindi...
screen scripts and dialogues for movies and dramas including the following: Songadya (सोंगाड्या) Bin Kamacha Navra (बिन कामाचा नवरा ) Ekata Jeev Sadashiv (एकटा...
fascinated by Nana's ability to make people laugh and aspires to be a "Songadya" (Clown) like him. Now grown up Aburao learns mimicry, singing and becomes...
Shahir, who played the traditional role of Sutradhar or a jester known as Songadya, who compered the show. However, with time, women started taking part in...
Year Name Debut film Other notable films 1970 Usha Chavan Songadya Ekta Jeev Sadashiv (1972), Pandu Hawaldar (1975), Nav Motha Lakshan Khota (1977), Ranpakhre...
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