Alli Arjuna (1935)

Original title

அல்லி அர்ஜுனா

Directed by

A. V. Meiyappan

Genre

drama

Country

British Raj

Elsewhere

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How it feels

This is a Hindu mythological film from 1935 about Arjuna from the Mahabharata. It was based on a play and was a financial failure.

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What happens

Alli Arjuna is a 1935 Indian Tamil-language Hindu mythological film produced and directed by A. V. Meiyappan in his debut. It is based on the play of the same name, revolving around Arjuna from the Hindu epic Mahabharata. The film stars K. S. Ananthanarayana Iyer and K. R. Kanthimathi Bai, and became a box-office bomb. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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