History Through the Lens
Film mentions in the book titled, History Through the Lens - Perspectives on South Indian Cinema by S Theodore Baskaran
The list is alphabetic in order, taken from 'Index of Films' at the end of the book.
The following films cannot be found on IMDb:
Aboorva Sakotharigal [Strange Brothers | Tamil] (1949)
Balamani [Tamil] (1937)
Desabakthi [Patriotism | Tamil] (1937-40?)
Mahatma Gandhi's March to Freedom [Silent] (1931)
Manasamrakshmam [Defense of Honour | Tamil] (1945)
Manimekalai [Tamil] (1940)
Marthandavarman [Silent] (1931)
Nanba... Nanba [Friend.. Oh Friend | Tamil] (2002)
Navayuvan or Geethacharam [Modern Youth | Tamil] (1938)
Pen Manam [Woman's Mind | Tamil] (1952)
Sathi Anusuya [Tamil] (1937)
Subadhra Parinayam [Tamil] (1935)
Sundara Moorthi Nayanar [Tamil] (1937)
Thiruvalluvar [Tamil] (1941)
Unnai Pol Oruvan [One Like You | Tamil] (1965)
Velakkari [Servant Maid | Tamil] (1950)
Yayadhi [Tamil] (1938)
The list is alphabetic in order, taken from 'Index of Films' at the end of the book.
The following films cannot be found on IMDb:
Aboorva Sakotharigal [Strange Brothers | Tamil] (1949)
Balamani [Tamil] (1937)
Desabakthi [Patriotism | Tamil] (1937-40?)
Mahatma Gandhi's March to Freedom [Silent] (1931)
Manasamrakshmam [Defense of Honour | Tamil] (1945)
Manimekalai [Tamil] (1940)
Marthandavarman [Silent] (1931)
Nanba... Nanba [Friend.. Oh Friend | Tamil] (2002)
Navayuvan or Geethacharam [Modern Youth | Tamil] (1938)
Pen Manam [Woman's Mind | Tamil] (1952)
Sathi Anusuya [Tamil] (1937)
Subadhra Parinayam [Tamil] (1935)
Sundara Moorthi Nayanar [Tamil] (1937)
Thiruvalluvar [Tamil] (1941)
Unnai Pol Oruvan [One Like You | Tamil] (1965)
Velakkari [Servant Maid | Tamil] (1950)
Yayadhi [Tamil] (1938)
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- DirectorT. Prakash RaoStarsSaroja E.V.Shivaji GanesanChittor V. NagaiahAn educated unemployed person Ashok (Sivaji Ganesan) falls in love with the daughter Aruna (Savitri) of a wealthy Industrialist. Aruna is taken hostage by her husband -to -be, Sukumar (M. N. Nambiar), and while Ashok trails them to save Aruna, he loses his memory in an accident. Ashok meets Roopa (Padmini) and they begin to like each other. Sometime later Aruna comes back and as Ashok fails to recognize Aruna things look complicated. The rest of the film deals with how Ashok struggles with his memory and how both Aruna and Roopa try to win him over.
- DirectorMehboob KhanStarsSurendraSuraiyaNoor JehanChildhood lovers Chander and Lata gets separated when Lata moves to Mumbai with her family. So, will they get united again ?
- DirectorDevraj-MohanStarsSujathaSivakumarJayalakshmiThe story of a teacher who struggles to look after his mother and sister.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsSterling HaydenLouis CalhernJean HagenA major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel.
- DirectorC. RudraiyaaStarsSripriyaKamal HaasanRajinikanthThe film revolves around a solitary women, her plight and ordeal against evil society.
- DirectorKothamangalam SubbuStarsM.S. Sundari BaiGemini GanesanG. Pattu IyerThis movie is a biography of the great saint and poetess Avvaiyar of the Sangam period from 100 B.C to 250 A.D.
- DirectorRadha MohanStarsAbbasDevadarshini ChetanKumaravelCircumstances force a struggling filmmaker and a rich girl to marry and live in a flat.
- DirectorBalu MahendraStarsKamal HaasanPrathap PothenShubhaComing of age film about three friends who live in a small village.
- DirectorKadiri Venkata ReddyStarsChittor V. NagaiahMudigonda LingamurthyHemalathaIt is a biographical film based on the life of Potana, who translated Bhagavatam into Telugu language.
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- DirectorS.S. VasanStarsRajkumariM.K. RadhaRanjanThe two brothers named Veerasimhan and Sasankan, who fight with each other over ruling their father's kingdom and for marrying the village dancer Chandralekha.
- DirectorGovindan AravindanStarsMohan DasBharat GopySmita PatilMuniyandi (Sreenivasan), a laborer in the farm, believes and respects Shivakami (Smita Patil). Muniyandi brings Shivakami to the farm after marrying her. She soon befriends Shankaran (Gopi). But one day Muniyandi catches Shankaran red-handed with his wife Shivakami. Broken hearted, Muniyandi commits suicide. The extreme feeling of guilt forces Shankaran to leaves the place. He tries alcohol, spirituality and all other possible methods to escape from this mental torment, but fails. Finally he reaches the temple town of Chidambaram. There he finds Shivakami as a shoe keeper in the temple.
- DirectorMysskinStarsNarainBhavanaKadhal ThandapaniA henchman changes character for the love of his life but is later involved in a controversy that changes everything. Will he win her back or will he have to live with it entails the rest of the story!
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy ComingoreFollowing the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
- DirectorB.N. ReddiStarsChittor V. NagaiahMiss KumariMudigonda LingamurthyVenugopala Murthy after completing his studies in England, returns to India and falls in love with Lakshmi, the daughter of the servant in their house. They need to overcome all the hurdles to get united again.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsOmar SharifJulie ChristieGeraldine ChaplinThe life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
- DirectorK. RamnothStarsT.S. BalaiahLalithaChittor V. NagaiahTough, ruthless Police Inspector Javert (Javar Seetharaman) recaptures small-time criminal Kandhan (Chittor V. Nagaiah), who has escaped from prison. Kandhan turns a new leaf with the help of a Christian Bishop (Serukulathur Sama). When he is released from prison he changes his identity, starts a glass-making company, and becomes successful. He becomes the mayor of his town. Inspector Javert finds out about his new life and threatens to expose him. On one occasion Kandhan saves Javert's life. Javert commits suicide, unable to turn Kandhan in to the authorities out of his sense of gratitude.
- DirectorSarvottam BadamiT.C. Vadivelu NaickerP.B. RangachariStarsV.S. Sunderasa IyerT.R. MuthulakshmiP.B. RangachariThe film was based on a play about Arjuna, one of the Pandavas.
- DirectorP. MadhavanStarsShivaji GanesanGokulnathJaya KausalyaMost memorable movie by P.Madhavan and Sivaji dominant hero will show how gnana oli will impact your life.
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsCary GrantJoan FontaineVictor McLaglenIn 19th century India, three British soldiers and a native waterbearer must stop a secret mass revival of the murderous Thuggee cult before it can rampage across the land.
- DirectorG.V. IyerStarsG.V. IyerB.V. KaranthPrema Karanth
- DirectorEllis DunganStarsK.P. KesavanK.K. PerumalT.S. BalaiahThe plot addresses the joint family system: two brothers Sabapati and Pasupati, and their wives fight over the family property. The happy resolution requires the introduction of an angel in the shape of a maid.
- DirectorShyam BenegalStarsShashi KapoorNafisa AliShabana AzmiSet during the 1857 War of Independence, an obsessed Indian Nawab desires to wed a young Anglo-Indian woman, but the girl's obstinate mother stands between them.
- DirectorH.M. ReddyStarsT.P. RajalakshmiP.G. VenkatesanL.V. PrasadA Princess is tricked into marrying a naive and illiterate youth.
- DirectorV. S RaghavanStarsShivaji GanesanBhanumathi RamakrishnaRamachandran T.R.Kalvanin Kadhali is the story of a dacoit and his beloved, Muththaiyan and Kalyani. At the PoonkuLam village, Kalyani falls for good-hearted Muththaiyan. Circumstances brand Muththaiyan a dacoit, but Kalyani remains steadfast in her love. Evading the police, Muthaiyan leads the life of an exile in the forest. When things come to a head, Muththaiyan and Kalyani decide to run away to some far-off place and settle down to marital bliss. Muththaiyan's loyal friend Kamalapathi , who is a stage actor makes all arrangements for their escape. In order to hoodwink the vigilant police inspector Shastri, Kamalapathi disguises himself as a woman and goes to the forest to meet Muthaiyan and appraise him of the plans. When Kalyani comes to the appointed place, she finds Muthaiyan embracing another woman. Not realizing that it is Kamalapathi whom Muththaiyan is expressing his heart-felt thanks to, she suspects her lover's loyalty and runs away in a rage. Inspector Shastri, who is also in disguise, meets Kalyani at this juncture and enquires Muththaiyan's whereabouts. Unthinking in her anger, Kalyani blurts out Muththaiyan's location. Seeing Shastri run with his gun, Kalyani realizes that he is a police officer, and runs after him. The story ends in tragedy where the lovers unite in death.
- DirectorUday ShankarStarsUday ShankarAmala ShankarLakshmi KantaKalpana is a dramatic dance fantasy, about the story of a young dancer and his dream of setting up a dance academy.
- DirectorR.S. ManiStarsP.U. ChinnappaU.R. JeevarathnamKannamba
- DirectorK. RamnothStarsAnjali DeviMadhuri DeviLalitha
- DirectorB. Ramakrishnaiah PanthuluStarsShivaji GanesanGemini GanesanSavitriBiography of Kappalottiya Tamizhan, "The Tamil Helmsman", an Indian freedom fighter and founder of Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company, to compete against the monopoly of the British India Steam Navigation Company.
- DirectorS. ShankarStarsPrabhu DevaNagmaVadiveluPrabhu, a college student, falls in love with Shruthi, a governor's daughter. On knowing about their love affair, her father imprisons Prabhu and forbids him to meet Shruthi.
- DirectorK. RamnothStarsRamachandran T.R.PadminiK.A. Thangavelu
- DirectorMohanStarsSivakumarSrideviRajinikanthKavikkuyil is a 1977 Indian Tamil film, directed by Devaraj Mohan and produced by S. P. Thamizharasi. The film stars Rajinikanth, Sivakumar and Sridevi in lead roles. The film had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja.
- DirectorR. Nataraja MudaliarStarsJeevarathnamR. Nataraja MudaliarRaja MuldaliarThis is the first south Indian silent film started with budget of 37000 Rs and which is first stepping stone for Tamil film industry
- DirectorBharathirajaStarsVijayakumarRadhika SarathkumarNapoleanA brother and sister share a close bond with each other. When the sister gets married, her husband dislikes the bond, due to which problems arise between the couple.
- DirectorLouis LumièreWorkers leaving the Lumière factory for lunch in Lyon, France in 1895; a place of great photographic innovation and one of the birth places of cinema.
- DirectorT.P. RajalakshmiStarsT.P. Rajalakshmi
- DirectorSundarrao NadkarniStarsM.G. RamachandranSavitriP.S. VeerappaMahadevi is a princess, whose father, the king, is defeated in battle. Despite this, he is invited by the rival king to stay with him as his honored guest. The victorious king has an adopted daughter Mangamma and a son ('Master' Murali). His senior commander, Karunakaran is attracted to Mahadevi, but she rejects him. Thereby she earns his wrath. Karunakaran hatches various evil plans to get her, but in the meantime, Mahadevi falls in love with the other commander, Vallavan. Karunakaran tries to kidnap Mahadevi with the help of his sidekick Mariappan, but by mistake ends up kidnapping Mangamma. To cover up his folly, Karunakaran ends up marrying her. Mahadevi and Vallavan marry in due course. After a while, Mahadevi delivers a son, even as Karunakaran continues to lust for Mahadevi. Mangamma supports Mahadevi, and protects her from Karunakaran. When Mangamma learns of her husband's plans to kill Mahadevi's baby, she replaces her baby with Mahadevi's, causing Karunakaran to kill his own child. When Karunakaran realizes the truth, he kills himself and so does his wife.
- DirectorStanley NealStarsQuentin ReynoldsMohandas K. GandhiIn 1937, A. K. Chettiar started work on the documentary Mahatma Gandhi: Twentieth Century Prophet. He set up a company named "Documentary Films Limited" and started collecting archival footage of Gandhi. He visited many places in India, London, and South Africa and acquired large amounts of archival footage. In addition he himself shot many contemporary scenes of Gandhi. After three years, he accumulated about 50,000 feet (15,000 m) of film footage. Editing of the footage began on January 1940 and eventually 12,000 feet (3,700 m) in documentary film was released on 23 August 1940. It received widespread coverage from the Indian press and a few international newspapers like The New York Times. The documentary originally had voice-overs in Tamil and was later dubbed into Telugu. After the initial screening, it was withdrawn from cinemas due to government censorship. Chettiar recorded some of his experiences in making the documentary in a series of articles in the magazine Kumari Malar (published by him) in 1943. These articles where eventually published in book form with the title Annal Adichuvattil (In the footsteps of the Mahatma). After Indian independence in 1947, the documentary was dubbed into Hindi and re-released. For a long time, it was believed to be lost. In 2006, an abridged version made in 1998 and dubbed in English was discovered at the San Francisco State University due to historian A. R. Venkatachalapathy's efforts. Later another copy was found in the University of Pennsylvania. However the original documentary and other language versions have not been found so far.
- DirectorNorman MailerStarsNorman MailerRip TornPaul AustinNorman T. Kingsley, famous movie director, runs for President.
- DirectorN.S. KrishnanStarsT.S. BalaiahT.S. DurairajN.S. Krishnan
- DirectorT.G. RaghavachariStarsVasundhara DeviN.S. KrishnanT.A. MathuramA village girl is humiliated by a prince and vows to take revenge. She vows to make the prince marry her and have a child who would whip the prince in the court. However, her plans are almost foiled when the prince imprisons her when she tries to seduce him. The story revolves on how she tricks him into falling in love with her and begets a son through the prince who ultimately whips him in court. In Tamil.
- DirectorK. RamnothStarsT.K. ShanmughamPandari BaiT.K. Bhagavathi
- DirectorL.V. PrasadStarsShivaji GanesanT.R. RajakumariKannamba
- DirectorK. RamnothStarsM.G. RamachandranAnjali DeviMadhuri DeviUrvasi (Anjali Devi), is the young mistress of a king (Serukalathur Sama). With the help of her own lover (S. A. Natarajan), she pushes the king off a boat and usurps his powers. Urvasi appoints herself as the new queen regnant, and the kingdom experiences a reign of terror. The palace where the two princes of the kingdom live is burnt. The queen assumes all powers and kills all potential opponents, including her lover. A sage comes to the kingdom with his son and a girl, and joins the queen as her adviser. Years roll by. The sage's son Veerangan (S. V. Sahasranamam) is appointed Army Commander. At the same time, in the countryside, Karikalan (M. G. Ramachandran) functions as de facto leader of the people, helps them in various ways and fights the queen's misrule. When he becomes a big threat to the queen, she orders his capture. Veerangan sends Kala (Madhuri Devi), the girl raised by the sage as a spy, to Karikalan, but she falls in love with him. Karikalan gets periodic instructions from the Goddess on what needs to be done and he follows the same. The queen gets scared by a ghost which appears regularly and warns her of the impending punishment she deserves for her misdeeds. Kala and Karikalan's followers are captured by the army. Karikalan personally leads their rescue mission. In prison, he gets instructions from the goddess to capture the queen also. He rescues his people, captures the queen and brings her to his hideout. When the ghost appears there, she confesses her crime of killing the king. When she is about to be executed, Veerangan's army enters and captures everyone. Veerangan also finds out that the sage (also called Marmayogi) is his father, and he has been giving information to Karikalan secretly. Hence he also gets arrested for being a traitor.[1] The queen returns to her throne and orders the execution of the sage, Karikalan and others. When Karikalan is about to be killed, the sage reveals the truth about the king and informs Veerangan that Karikalan is his elder brother. When Veerangan demands to know where the king is, the sage removes his disguise. To the surprise of everyone, he reveals that he is the deposed king and narrates what happened. Though the queen and her lover attempted to kill him, he escaped under the water using his yogic skills, taking his sons and the army commander's daughter Kala with him. He returned to his kingdom in the disguise of a sage with his younger son Veeranganan and Kala and left Karikalan in the forest. Shocked to see the dead king return, the queen dies. The king announce that his children Karikalan and Veerangan are now the rulers.[2]
- DirectorAdoor GopalakrishnanStarsMammoottyThilakanKaramana Janardanan NairIts a story of Basheer, an author who experiences his prison life. In it he finds friendship, loneliness, fear and finally love, but that remains questionable.
- DirectorH.M. ReddyStarsS. SanthanamP.U. ChinnappaKali N. RathnamA nationalist allegory about an Indian king's resistance to Alexander the Great. Greek general Seleucus Nicator, her called Minander (C.S.D. Singh), is left in charge by Alexander. He is opposed by Ugrasen (Santhanam), the king of Udaygiri and the founder (321 B.C.) of the Maurya dynasty. Minander's daughter Helen (Rajalakshmi) falls in love with the king and eventually marries him after Minander has been defeated and returns to Greece. The real heroine is Kumudini, as a fiercely loyal nationalist character, who throws out her husband Jayapala (Santhanam again, in a dual role) when she learns that he is a Greek spy. Her brother is Prathapan (Chinnappa).
- DirectorK.S. SethumadhavanStarsAchamilai GopiJayabharathiRadhaAn estranged son visits his ailing father and tries to figure out the reason behind the latter's silent remorse. When he learns about his father's past, he makes a decision that may help his father.
- DirectorKothamangalam SubbuStarsSundari BaiGemini GanesanV. GopalakrishnanLife is a constant struggle for Malini, a poor young woman with an ailing father. She reluctantly accepts stage actor-friend Sundari's suggestion to go on stage, and joins her theatre group, Kala Mandhiram. Success smiles on her and she soon becomes an idol of the masses. Sampath, a suave swindler, befriends Malini and takes control of her life. How she manages her life as a puppet in his hands, forms the rest of the plot.
- DirectorGnana RajasekaranStarsNedumudi VenuVivek
- DirectorBalu MahendraStarsPrathap PothenShobhaMalasia BhaskarA successful businessman develops a hatred towards women as a result of his troubled childhood, which involved the separation of his parents owing to his father's affection towards a prostitute.
- DirectorR. Nagendra Rao
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsGary CooperJean ArthurGeorge BancroftA unassuming greeting card poet from a small town in Vermont heads to New York City upon inheriting a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.
- DirectorMurugadasaStarsDandapani DesikarSerukalathun SamaBased on Nandan, a low caste farmer's deep devotion towards Shiva.
- DirectorA.P. NagarajanStarsM.R. RadhaSowcar JanakiPrem Nazir
- DirectorM.T. Vasudevan NairStarsP.J. AnthonyKaviyoor PonnammaKottarakkara Sridharan NairAn ancient temple is neglected to ruins and is tended only by the Velichappadu 'village oracle'. When the priest goes on leave, a young man takes up his job and forms a relationship with Velichappadu's daughter.
- DirectorB. LeninStarsG.M. SundarHans KaushikBharathimaniThe story follows Balan (Kaushik), a young artist who becomes disillusioned by the current political situation of his society. He joins the revolutionary organization Ooruku Nooruper, accidentally kills a priest and is sentenced to death. The film examines various issues related to capital punishment.
- DirectorAmshan KumarStarsBharathi ManiThomas OberPoorvajaSet in 1884 in rural South India,this film is an adaptation of a classic tale. Sevani(Poorvaja) with her bold nature brings timely relief to the entire village from the tyrannical landlord. Overwhelmed the villagers want to repay their gratitude. However they find the low caste girl Sevani's proposal to marry the high caste boy Ellappan(Ganesh) totally unthinkable.It is a blow to the innocent Sevani who comes to realize that everything is judged not by what people do but by their caste into which they are born. Sevani does not agree for anything less than a proper marriage . She opposes their decision and chooses to be with the people of her own caste. Her only possession is a quill pen left by the visiting English official(Thomas Ober), the strokes of which changed the destiny of the village people . The film is a celebration of the indomitable will of a girl challenging the social customs and by her very act she has sowed the early seeds for emancipation of women.
- DirectorBharathirajaStarsKamal HaasanSrideviRajinikanthThe movie revolves around the struggle and vulnerability of 16-year old Mayil (Sridevi) when in love.
- DirectorR. KrishnanS. PanjuStarsPandari BaiDoraiswamyShivaji GanesanBrothers Chandrasekaran, Gnanasekaran and Gunasekaran are Indian immigrants living in Burma. Things take a turn when their brother-in-law dies in an accident and their father dies of shock.
- DirectorDuraiStarsDelhi GaneshKamal HaasanJayabharathi
- DirectorNemai GhoshV. RamamurthyStarsSundari BaiT.K. BalachandranChandiniWorkers in a large textile factory are in need of rice. The workers' union, led by the hero of the film Murugesan, decides to start a fight against rice speculators.
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- DirectorBharathirajaStarsKamal HaasanSrideviRajinikanthThe movie revolves around the struggle and vulnerability of 16-year old Mayil (Sridevi) when in love.
- DirectorMurugadasaK. Ramnoth
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- StarsAnjali Devi
- DirectorP. NeelakantanStarsAachi ManoramaNageshRajashreeAfter losing his entire wealth to a courtesan, Kovalan returns to his wife, Kannagi. She offers him her last piece of jewelry to help him but he is falsely accused of theft and beheaded by the king.
- DirectorGuru DuttStarsGuru DuttWaheeda RehmanMala SinhaVijay, a talented but indigent poet, struggles for love and recognition in this selfish world.
- DirectorRaja ChandrasekharStarsM.K. Krishnamurthy BagavatharM.K. Thyagaraja BhagavatharBhanumathi RamakrishnaKing Rajendra Varman and Queen Mrinalini are reigning the Vyjayanti empire. Mahendra Varman is the rival and the neighbouring king. Kannika is the minister's daughter, who is in love with King Rajendra Varman and aims to attain him at any cost. This convoluted tale of palace intrigue, suspicion, unreciprocated love, seduction, villainy and piety was interspersed with excellent music.
- DirectorA. KasilingamStarsShivaji GanesanBhanumathi RamakrishnaM.N. RajamDharmalinga Mudaliyar, a cunning man who appears as a noble to the outside world. Rangam, his virtuous and long-suffering wife. Dharmalinga also has an eye on his sister-in-law Thangam. In order to marry Thangam and get control of the abundant wealth of the sisters, Dharamlingam ensures that everyone believes that Rangam is possessed by some evil spirit and is slowly becoming insane.
- DirectorM. SadiqStarsSwaran LataKaran DewanAmir BanuGovind and Gouri are childhood friends who love each other. But as they belong to different castes, they can't marry each other. When Gouri marries another person, things changes a lot.
- DirectorMani RatnamStarsArvind SwamyMadhooPankaj KapurA woman from a village in Tamil Nadu marries a sophisticated city dweller and moves with him to Kashmir, where all is rosy - until he gets kidnapped by militants.
- DirectorGudavalli RamabrahmamStarsBellari RaghavaG.V. SitapatiNarasimha Rao BhimavarapuA seminal reformist melodrama critiquing the zamindari system from the viewpoint of the Kisan Sabha agitations in A.P. Small-time landowner Narsi Reddy (Raghawan) borrows money from a shavukar [money-lender (Raghavan)] who represents the major zamindar (Sitapathy) of the village. When Narsi Reddy votes for a peasant candidate (Kosaraju) rather than for the political party supported by the landlord, his son is attacked and he is publicly humiliated.
- DirectorEllis DunganStarsG.N. BalasubramaniamTharamani DeviT.S. DurairajSakuntalai is the story of the mythological queen Shakuntala, whose tale is told in the Mahabarata and dramatized by Kalidasa in the play Abhijnanasakuntalam.
- DirectorPattabhi Rama ReddyStarsGirish KarnadSnehalata ReddyP. LankeshNaranappa, a man born in the community of Madhwa (a community of Brahmins from Karnataka) is dead in the Agrahara of the village Durvasapura. As per the Madhwa customs, the last rites of the dead man has to be performed at the earliest. But, Naranappa was a rebel who fought against Brahminism, who ate meat, consumed liquor and also, married a Dasi (a prostitute). Since, he doesn't have any family, there is some confusion as to who will do the last rites and fire the funeral pyre. Praneshacharya, the head of the Agrahara, a devout and learned Brahmin, is tasked with providing the solution.
- DirectorEllis DunganStarsM.R. GnanamalM.K. RadhaT.S. BalaiahA wealthy man escapes after shooting his friend in drunken state which results in a drastic change in his life then.
- DirectorBaburao PendharkarStarsS. JayalakshmiRajamThe story of this film revolves around Sri Rama and Seetha's wedding.
- DirectorK. SubramaniamStarsM.S. SubbalakshmiF.G. Natesa IyerMrs. JayalakshmiThe film deals with prostitution and women's emancipation. It has a strong political thrust despite being a musical. The plot has strong feminist views. Sitalakshmi, a Brahmin widow, played 'herself' as Gundamma, a widow who goes mad, and was especially popular.
- DirectorA. BhimsinghStarsBhuvanadeviJayageethaLakshmiAn umarried woman tries to make it living alone in 70s Madras.
- DirectorA. Narayan
- DirectorB.N. ReddiStarsChittor V. NagaiahGiri A.S.Miss Kumari