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Naveena Sadaram
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Wikipedia article
'Naveena Sadaram' is a 1935 Tamil language film directed and produced by Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam. The film featured S. D. Subbulakshmi in the lead role. The film is an adaptation of the Kannada stage play 'Sadarame'. Papanasam Sivan was in charge of both the score and lyrics respectively.
Plot
A woman named Sadaram (S. D. Subbulakshmi) disguises herself as a man to escape from the clutches of a petty thief (G. Pattu Iyer). She encounters a princess (Parvathi Bai) who falls in love with the man unaware that 'he' is also a woman. Both Sadaram and another woman are in love with a prince (Vidwan Sankaralingam). In the end, the prince ends up marrying Sadaram and the woman who is in love with him.
Cast
Adapted from Film News Anandan and 'The Hindu'.
*S. D. Subbulakshmi as Sadaram
*'Vidwan' Sankaralingam as the prince
*Parvathi Bai as the princess
*G. Pattu Iyer as the petty thief
*Indubala
*S. S. Mani Bhagavathar
*M. D. Rajam
*Kunchithapadam
Production
The film was based on a Marathi play "Mitra" by Shirish Athwale, Gubbi Veeranna had adapted it into a theatre play in Kannada. The play was a hit, prompting Veeranna to make it into a film titled 'Sadarame' (1935). Veeranna played the role of the petty thief in both the play and the film. 'Sadarame' too became a box office success.
Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam made it in Tamil with the title 'Naveena Sadaram'. The prefix "Naveena" was placed before 'Sadaram' because at the time, many stories having the same plot details were adapted for the screen by more than one producer, the later film versions of the stories placed the prefix "Naveena" to signify it was a newer version than the previous ones.
Soundtrack
The film had 28 songs. Most of the tunes for the songs were adapted from Hindi films. Sivan and his nephew, S. S. Mani, sang the song "Maa Ramanan Uma Ramanan" off-screen during the film's opening credits. Two songs were sung by Indhubala, one of which was in Tamil and another in Hindi. Except "Maa Ramanan Uma Ramanan", none of the other songs became popular. No gramophone recording of the song exists but Sivan's recording of the same song rendered by M. S. Subbulakshmi in 'Sevasadanam' (1938) became popular.
Reception
Randor Guy notes that the film is "remembered for the double role of Subbulakshmi, deft direction of Subramanyam and the off-screen prayer song." S. D. Subbulakshmi's performance received appreciation from critics and filmgoers.
The play was again adapted for the screen in Tamil as 'Sadhaaram' (1956) with Bhanumathi Ramakrishna playing Subbulakshmi's role.
References
Category:1935 films
Category:1930s Tamil-language films
Category:Indian drama films
Category:Indian black-and-white films
Category:Indian films based on plays
Category:1935 drama films
Category:Films directed by K. Subramanyam
Category:Films scored by Papanasam Sivan
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