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Kiratha Arjuna (1940)

Kiratha Arjuna poster
Genre
historical film
Country
British Raj, India
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A Hindu mythological film about a battle between the Pandava prince Arjuna and the god Shiva. It was produced in Tamil and released in 1940, but no copies of the film are known to exist today.

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What happens

Kiratha Arjuna (also known as Oorvasi Saahasam) is a 1940 Indian Tamil-language Hindu mythological film directed by G. Rameshwaran and Murugadasa, and produced by Venus Pictures. Based on the war between the Pandava prince Arjuna and the god Shiva, the film stars M. R. Krishnamurthi, Thirukharaivaasal Subbulakshmi, Bhavani K. Sambamurthi and T. M. Ramasami Pillai. It was released on 25 May 1940. No print of the film is known to survive, making it a lost film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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