Khaidi Babai

Khaidi Babai (transl. Prisoner Uncle) is a 1974 Indian Telugu-language film directed by T. Krishna. A remake of the 1971 Hindi film Dushmun, it stars Sobhan Babu, Vanisri and Sowcar Janaki. The film was released on 15 February 1974.

Khaidi Babai
Poster
Directed by	T. Krishna, Editor and Cine Director (THIRUNAGARI KRISHNA)
Screenplay by	P. Satyanand
Story by	Virendra Sinha
Produced by	T. Babul Nath J. Lakshman Rao
Starring	Sobhan Babu Vanisri Sowcar Janaki
Cinematography	T. M. Sundara Babu
Edited by	Adurthi Haranath
Music by	K. V. Mahadevan
Production company	Sri Balaji Chitra
Distributed by	Lakshmi Films[1]
Release date	15 February 1974 (1974-02-15)
Running time	174 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Plot

A truck driver, after accidentally running over and killing a hapless man, is forced to provide for the victim's family as an alternative for going to prison.

Cast

• Sobhan Babu as the truck driver^[2]
• Vanisri as the bioscope girl^[2]
• Sowcar Janaki as the victim's wife^[2]
• Padmanabham as the police constable^[2]
• Gummadi as the victim's father^[2]
• Jaggayya as the judge^[2]
• Ramakrishna

Production

Khaidi Babai is a remake of the 1971 Hindi film Dushmun.^[3][4] The film was directed by T. Krishna (THIRUNAGARI KRISHNA), produced by T. Babul Nath and J. Lakshman Rao under Sri Balaji Chitra. The screenplay was written by P. Satyanand, and dialogues by Bollimuntha Sivaramakrishna. Cinematography was handled by T. M. Sundara Babu, and editing by Adurthi Haranath.^[1]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by K. V. Mahadevan.^[5]

Release and reception

Khaidi Babai was released on 15 February 1974,^[6] and emerged a commercial success.^[7] Sobhan Babu won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu.^[8]