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Mohana Sundaram (1951)

Mohana Sundaram poster
Original title
மோகன சுந்தரம்
Directed by
A. T. Krishnaswamy
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 51m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective story from 1950s India following a crime investigation. The film is an adaptation of a Tamil novel and features a traditional hero and heroine.

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What happens

Mohana Sundaram is a 1951 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by A. T. Krishnaswamy. An adaptation of J. R. Rangaraju's detective novel of the same name, the film stars T. R. Mahalingam and S. Varalakshmi. It was released on 21 July 1951, and became an average success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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