En Magan (1945)
- Genre
- war film, romance film
- Country
- British Raj
- 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 young man falls in love during World War II. The film was made to support the war effort and is now lost.
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What happens
En Magan (Tamil pronunciation: ['ɛn 'mɐɡɐn]; transl. My Son) is a 1945 Indian Tamil-language romantic war film directed by R. S. Mani and written by A. S. A. Sami. Based on the American play Waterloo Bridge by Robert E. Sherwood, the film stars N. Krishnamoorthi, U. R. Jeevarathnam, D. Balasubramaniam and Kumari Kamala. It was released on 3 November 1945, and emerged a commercial success. No print of the film is known to survive, making it a lost film. The film was created as a World War II-related propaganda film, at the request of the government of Tamil Nadu. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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