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Kalavathi (1951)

Kalavathi poster
Genre
fantasy film
Country
India
Elsewhere
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How it feels

Two goddesses argue about which one is better. They use a farmer to settle their dispute.

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What happens

Kalavathi () is a 1951 Indian Tamil-language fantasy comedy film written and directed by L. S. Ramachandran based on a story by T. K. Sundara Vathiyar and Chidambaram A. M. Nataraja Kavi. The film stars T. S. Durairaj, T. A. Jayalakshmi and E. R. Sahadevan. It revolves around the dispute between two goddesses over who is superior, and a farmer who they use to determine the answer. The film was released on 23 February 1951. It later served as an inspiration for the Tamil film Saraswathi Sabatham (1966). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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