Dhaasippen (1943)

Original title

தாசிப்பெண்

Directed by

Ellis R. Dungan

Genre

biographical film

Country

British Raj

Rated

U

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A folk tale about a girl who becomes a devadasi, dedicating her life to worshipping Lord Shiva and choosing that path instead of marriage. The film follows her story in a traditional Tamil setting.

tragicemotionaldevotionaldramatichistoricalpoignantupliftingculturally rooted

What happens

Dhaasippen, also Dhaasippenn (transl. Dancing Girl) is a 1943 Tamil-language film directed by Ellis R. Dungan and produced by Bhuvaneswai Pictures. The lead actors are T. R. Mahalingam and M. G. Ramachandran. The film was scored by Lalitha Venkatraman and S. Rajeswara Rao. The film has had two other titles: Jyothi Malar and Thumbai Mahatmyam. The film is based on a folk tale about a girl becoming a devadasi and dedicating her life to worshipping Lord Shiva and refusing to follow the traditional path of marrying a man. Dhaasippen performed well and became a box office hit. But no print of the film is known to survive, making it a lost film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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