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Rishyasringar (1941)

Rishyasringar poster
Original title
ரிஷ்யசிருங்கர்
Directed by
S. Soundararajan
Genre
drama
Country
British Raj
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A sage's son is raised in isolation and later brought to a kingdom to perform a ritual. The film is based on a Hindu legend about a boy with magical powers.

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What happens

Rishyasringar is a 1941 Tamil-language film directed by S. Soundararajan. It stars Vasundhara Devi, Ranjan and S. Balachander. The music score was provided by the Sarma Brothers and V. Nagayya. Lyrics were written by Papanasam Rajagopala Iyer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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