Ellis Roderick Dungan

Sati Leelavati (1936)

Réalisé par Ellis Roderick Dungan
Genres Drame
Acteurs M. G. Ramachandran, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan, S. Balaiah, Ellis Roderick Dungan, Subramaniam Srinivasan
Rôle Director
Note60%

Krishnamurthy (M. K. Radha), a rich man living with his wife Leelavathi (M. S. Gnanambal) and a daughter in Madras, is lured into drinking, gambling and other

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மந்திரி குமாரி (1950)

, 2h43
Réalisé par Ellis Roderick Dungan
Genres Drame
Acteurs M. G. Ramachandran, M. N. Nambiar, Padmini Ramachandran, Lalitha
Note69%

The king of Mullai nadu is dominated by his Raja guru (head priest) (M. N. Nambiar). The guru wants his son Parthiban (S. A. Natarajan) to be appointed as the General of the army. But the king appoints Veera Mohan (MGR) instead. The enraged Parthiban becomes a bandit and starts raiding the country side. He wants to marry the princess Jeevarekha (G. Shakuntala) who is in love with Veera Mohan. Parthiban sends a message to Jeevarekha to meet him secretly. The message is delivered by mistake to the minister's daughter Amudhavalli (Madhuri Devi) and she goes to meet Parthiban. Parthiban and Amudhavalli fall in love. Meanwhile, the king sends his general Veeramohan to capture the bandits plaguing the country side. Veeramohan captures Parthiban and produces him in the royal court. The Raja guru is enraged and tries to get his son off by various means. He demands a trial for his son in front of the Goddess. During the trial, Amudhavalli hides behind the Goddess statue and pronounces Parthiban as innocent. She blames Veeramohan for the banditry. The king believing that the Goddess had spoken releases Parthiban and exiles Veeramohan. Parthiban and Amudhavalli are happily married. But goaded by his father Parthiban wants to take over the kingdom by marrying the princess. He decides to kill Amudhavalli. He tricks her into going with him to a cliff edge and tells her of his intention to kill her. Amudavalli begs him for a chance to worship him by going around him three times before she meets her death. Parthiban grants her last wish. While going around him she pushes him to his death from behind. Shocked by her actions and her husband's betrayal, she confesses her sins and becomes a Buddhist nun. The raja guru is jailed and Veera mohan is reunited with the princess.

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Ponmudi (1950)

, 2h50
Réalisé par Ellis Roderick Dungan

Ponmudi was a love story based on the Bharathidasan novel Edhirparatha Mutham.

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Meera (1945)

, 1h53
Réalisé par Ellis Roderick Dungan
Genres Drame, Biographie
Thèmes Politique
Acteurs M.S.Subbulakshmi, Chittor V. Nagaiah, S. Balaiah, M. G. Ramachandran
Note71%

Around 1580 AD during the reign of Emperor Akbar, young Meera (Radha Viswanathan), inﬂuenced by the story of Andal and Krishna, is deeply in love with Krishna, so much so that she considers Krishna to be her husband after she garlands him on an auspicious day as advised by her mother. As Meera grows into a young woman (M. S. Subbulakshmi), her devotion to Krishna grows.

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தாசிப்பெண் (1943)

, 2h30
Réalisé par Ellis Roderick Dungan
Genres Historique
Acteurs M. G. Ramachandran, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan, R. Balasaraswathi Devi, M. R. Santhanalakshmi

The young devadasi (Balasaraswathi of the ‘Malligai poomalai rojaa' fame) is forced by her family to yield to the lustful zamindar (Das) but she refuses for, she is devoted to Lord Shiva (MGR). She wishes to marry her lover (Mahalingam), but there are a lot of hurdles. The zamindar attempts to kidnap the woman to make her his mistress. But his attempts fail thanks to the intervention of Shiva and his consort Parvathi (Santhanalakshmi). Devadasi is tired of life, Answering her prayers, Shiva transforms her into a ‘Thumbhai' plant. Even today, its flowers are offered to Lord Shiva during worship in many places. Hence, the film also had the title Thumbhai Mahatmyam.

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Kalamegam (1940)

Réalisé par Ellis Roderick Dungan
Acteurs 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan

Kalamegam is based on the life of 15th century Tamil poet Kalamegam.

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Sakuntalai (1940)

Réalisé par Ellis Roderick Dungan
Thèmes Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs M.S.Subbulakshmi, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan, K. Thavamani Devi
Note63%

Sakuntalai is the story of the mythological queen Shakuntala, whose tale is told in the Mahabarata and dramatized by Kalidasa in the play Abhijñānaśākuntalam.

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Ambikapathy (1937)

, 3h30
Réalisé par Ellis Roderick Dungan
Acteurs M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, M. R. Santhanalakshmi, S. Balaiah, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan
Note65%

The film is based on a story set in the Chola Empire in year 1083 AD. The titular character in the story is Ambikapathy (M K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar), the son of the Tamil poet Kambar (Serugulathur Sama) who is in love with the Chola princess and daughter of Kulothunga Chola, Amaravati (played by M. R. Santhanalakshmi). The king objects to their love and insists on testing Ambikapathy's literary mettle before judging his worth. The test given to Ambikapathi is that he should write and sing a hundred poems in the field of Puram (dealing with war and politics). The poems should not have any reference to the field of Aram (dealing of love and romance). Ambikapathi begins the test in the King's court with a Kadavul Vaazhthu(invocation to God). Amaravathi who is keeping the count, mistakes the invocation as a poem and counts it as poem number one. When he has sung only ninety nine Puram poems, she thinks he has completed the task and signals him that hundred poems have been sung. Declaring victory, Ambikapathy sings of his love for her and thus fails the test. He is executed by the king.

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இரு சகோதரர்கள் (1936)

Réalisé par Ellis Roderick Dungan
Genres Drame
Acteurs M. G. Ramachandran, S. Balaiah, M. G. Chakrapani

Vijayakumar and Sukumar (K. P. Kesavan) are brothers. Sukumar, the younger brother is an actor and goes to Madras to earn a living. There he gets a break and becomes famous. The money he sends for his family's upkeep is stolen by Vijayakumar and his wife. Because of their greed, the joint family gets split. After some time, the wayward brother and sister in law have a change of heart and repent for their actions. The family is once again reunited.

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Sati Leelavati (1936)

Réalisé par Ellis Roderick Dungan
Genres Drame
Acteurs M. G. Ramachandran, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan, S. Balaiah, Ellis Roderick Dungan, Subramaniam Srinivasan
Note60%

Krishnamurthy (M. K. Radha), a rich man living with his wife Leelavathi (M. S. Gnanambal) and a daughter in Madras, is lured into drinking, gambling and other

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Seemanthini (1936)

, 2h45
Réalisé par Ellis Roderick Dungan

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Nandanar (1935)

Réalisé par Ellis Roderick Dungan
Genres Biographie
Acteurs K.B.Sundarambal

The story is based on the life of nandanar (also known as Thirunaalai Povar-(thee who pilgrims tomorrow) ) and his becoming of a Naayanar. For full story,see Nandanar.

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Ponmudi (1950)

, 2h50
Réalisé par Ellis Roderick Dungan

Ponmudi was a love story based on the Bharathidasan novel Edhirparatha Mutham.

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Sakuntalai (1940)

Réalisé par Ellis Roderick Dungan
Thèmes Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs M.S.Subbulakshmi, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan, K. Thavamani Devi
Note63%

Sakuntalai is the story of the mythological queen Shakuntala, whose tale is told in the Mahabarata and dramatized by Kalidasa in the play Abhijñānaśākuntalam.

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