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Sevasadanam
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Sevasadanam () is a 1938 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by K. Subrahmanyam. It is one of the early Tamil films to be set in a contemporary social setting and to advocate reformist social policies. This was the first film for M. S. Subbulakshmi and the Tamil debut of Telugu actress S. Varalakshmi.
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6.5An abused wife Sumathi is driven out of her house by husband and later forced into prostitution. Later she reforms her ways and devotes her life to running an institution for the children of prostitutes.
Cast
- M. S. Subbulakshmi as Sumathi
- F. G. Natesa Iyer as Eashwara Iyer
- S. Varalakshmi
- Kumari Kamala
- G. Pattu Iyer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- British Raj
- Original language
- Tamil
- Based on
- Bazaar-e-Husn
- Director
- K. Subramanyam
- Screenwriter
- Premchand
- Cast member
- S. Varalakshmi
- Composer
- Papanasam Sivan
- Producer
- K. Subramanyam
- Image
- Sevasadanam 1938.jpg
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- publication date
- 1938-01-01
- title
- சேவாசதனம்
- color
- black-and-white
- Commons category
- Sevasadanam
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Encyclopedic overview
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Sevasadanam () is a 1938 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by K. Subrahmanyam. It is one of the early Tamil films to be set in a contemporary social setting and to advocate reformist social policies. This was the first film for M. S. Subbulakshmi and the Tamil debut of Telugu actress S. Varalakshmi.
== Plot == An abused wife Sumathi (M. S. Subbulakshmi) is driven out of her house by her husband and later forced into prostitution. Later she reforms her ways and devotes her life to running an institution for the children of prostitutes.
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