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Sethu Bandhanam (1937 film)

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'Sethu Bandhanam' is a 1937 Indian Tamil-language film based on the Epic Ramayana. The film was produced and directed by R. Padmanabhan and featured P. B. Rangachari, Nott Annaji Rao, M. D. Parthasarathy and M. S. Mohanambal in the lead roles. No print of the film is known to survive, making it a lost film.

Plot



The story is the part of Ramayana where Rama builds a bridge between India and Lanka to go and take back his wife Sita who was abducted by Ravana, the King of Lanka. The bridge is also called Sethubandhanam.

Cast



The list is compiled from The Hindu article and from the database of Film News Anandan

*P. B. Rangachari

*Nott Annaji Rao

*M. D. Parthasarathy

*M. S. Mohanambal

*M. A. Sandow

*Kulathu Mani

*M.R. Subramaniam

*T. K. Kannammal

*K. S. Angamuthu

*Bhagirathi

*M. S. Ramachandran

Production



The film had an alternate title 'Sethu Bandhan'. R. Padmanabhan also produced a comedy short film 'Aasai' and released together with the main film. It was customary those days to 'attach' a short comedy along with the main films. T. N. Kamalaveni and Puliyur Duraiswami Ayya played the lead roles in this short film.

The film was remade in Telugu with the same title Sethu Bandhanam by R. Padmanabhan in 1946.

Soundtrack



Music was composed by M. D. Parthasarathy while the lyrics were penned by Chidambaram Vaidyanatha Sarma. P. B. Rangachari, M. D. Parthasarathy and M. S. Mohanambal sang most of the songs.

Lost Film



Except for some stills and a few records, no print of the film is known to survive, making it a lost film.

Reception



The film was a success and is remembered for the on-screen narration of the epic by R. Pathmanabhan "and the impressive acting by Rangachari, Parthasarathy and Mohanambal."

References



Category:Lost Indian films

Category:Indian epic films

Category:Works based on the Ramayana

Category:Tamil films remade in other languages

Category:1930s Tamil-language films

Category:Indian black-and-white films

Category:1937 lost films

Category:1937 films


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