Thyagabhoomi (1939)

Original title

தியாகபூமி

Directed by

K. Subramanyam

Genre

drama

Country

British Raj

Rating

8.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A father fights for justice and his family while supporting the Indian freedom movement. The film follows his sacrifices and devotion to Mahatma Gandhi's principles.

patrioticreverentdefiantinspirationalearnestslow-pacedmoralisticpolitically charged

What happens

Thyaga Bhoomi (transl. Land of Sacrifice) is a 1939 Indian Tamil-language film directed and produced by K. Subramanyam. Starring K. J. Mahadevan and S.D.Subbalakshmi, the film was produced at the height of India's freedom movement and glorified Mahatma Gandhi and his ideals in no mean terms. The story for the film was based on a novel written by Kalki Krishnamurthy and was financed and distributed by S. S. Vasan before he created Gemini Studios. Thyagabhoomi became the only Indian film to be banned after release by the British government. The film's only existing print is now at an archive store in Pune. The story was serialized in Ananda Vikatan (Kalki was with the magazine at the time and Vasan was the financier-distributor of the film) simultaneously when the film production was going on with stills from the film being published. This was the first time ever something like this had ever been attempted in the world and garnered great success both in India and among other Tamil populations across the world (Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Burma, etc.) and the British Empire. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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