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Saalivaahanan
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Wikipedia article
'Saalivaahanan' is a Tamil language film starring Ranjan, T. R. Rajakumari, M. G. Ramachandran and K. L. V. Vasantha. The film was released in 1945. No print of the film is known to survive, making it a lost film.
Cast
;Male
*Ranjan as Saalivahanan
*M. G. Ramachandran as Vikramaditya
*Nagercoil K. Mahadevan
*T. S. Balaiah
*N. S. Krishnan
;Female
*T. R. Rajakumari as Princess Chandralekha
*K. L. V. Vasantha as Vikramaditya's sister
*M. R. Santhanalakshmi
*T. A. Madhuram
Production
The film had a sequence, a love scene between Ranjan and T. R. Rajakumari, in colour. It was done by 'hand-tinting' each frame of the sequence. M. G. Ramachandran, who was acting in minor roles at that time, played as villain. According to film historian Randor Guy, during the shooting of a sword fight between Ranjan and Ramachandran, the latter complained to the director that "Ranjan was putting in too much of 'realism' in the fencing which was likely to hurt him!"
Soundtrack
# Kayirai edutthukko by N. S. Krishnan & T. A. Madhuram
Reception
According to film historian Randor Guy, Saalivaahanan did not do well at the box office and the producers lost heavily in the process. He stated the film would be remembered for coloured sequence and the comedy of Krishnan-Mathuram.
References
Category:1940s Tamil-language films
Category:1945 films
Category:Lost Indian films
Category:Indian black-and-white films
Category:1940s lost films
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