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Moondru Pillaigal (1952)

Moondru Pillaigal poster
Directed by
R. Nagendra Rao
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A couple raises three sons. Tragedy strikes their family one by one.

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What happens

Moondru Pillaigal (transl. Three Sons) is a 1952 Indian Tamil-language drama film produced by S. S. Vasan. Based on Victor Fleming's 1927 American film The Way of All Flesh, it is about a couple and their three sons. The film was directed by Nagendra Rao and stars himself alongside Kannamba, with M. K. Radha, Gemini Ganesan and Sriram in supporting roles. It was simultaneously produced and released in Telugu under the title Mugguru Kodukulu. The film failed at the box office, which led to Vasan destroying all copies of it, thus making it a lost film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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