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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Muddu Bidda | image = Muddu Bidda.jpg | native_name = {{infobox name module|te|ముద్దు బిడ్డ}} | caption = Poster | director = K. B. Tilak | producer = K. B. Tilak | writer = Arudra<br />Tapi Dharma Rao | narrator = | starring = Jamuna<br />Jaggayya<br />V. Nagayya<br />G. Varalakshmi<br />Lakshmirajyam<br />C. S. R. Anjaneyulu<br />Ramana Reddy<br />Suryakantham | music = Pendyala Nageshwara Rao | cinematography = | editing = M. V. Rajan | studio = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1956}} | runtime = | country = India | language = Telugu | budget = <!--Must cite a reliable published source with a reputation for fact-checking. No blogs, no IMDb. no fan-sites.--> }} '''''Muddu Bidda''''' ({{Translation|Beloved child}}) is a 1956 Telugu-language drama film directed and produced by K. B. Tilak. It is a debut film for Tilak under the banner Anupama Films.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cinegoer.com/prabhusinterviews/kbtilak6.htm |title=Interview With KB Tilak (Part VI) |access-date=28 July 2010 |archive-date=21 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921110949/http://www.cinegoer.com/prabhusinterviews/kbtilak6.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
It is remade into the Hindi language as ''Chhoti Bahu'' in 1971, directed by K. B. Tilak himself. The story is originally based on a Bengali novel ''Bindur Chhele'' written by the famous Bengali author Saratchandra Chatterjee.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-10 |title=Tollywood to Bollywood blockbusters |url=https://www.easterneye.biz/tollywood-to-bollywood-blockbusters/ |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=EasternEye |archive-date=10 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210184747/https://www.easterneye.biz/tollywood-to-bollywood-blockbusters/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Cast == * Jamuna – Radha, wife of Madhu * Jaggayya - Doctor Madhu, younger brother of Seshayya * V. Nagayya – Seshayya * G. Varalakshmi * Lakshmirajyam – Seetha, wife of Seshayya * C. S. R. Anjaneyulu – Zamindar * Ramana Reddy * Suryakantham
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== External links == * {{IMDb title|tt0328159|Muddu Bidda}}
Category:1956 films Category:1956 Telugu-language films Category:1956 Indian films Category:Telugu films remade in other languages Category:Films scored by Pendyala (composer) Category:Films directed by K. B. Tilak Category:Films based on Indian novels Category:Indian black-and-white films
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