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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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Meera (1945)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.