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Amara Deepam (1956)

Amara Deepam poster
Original title
அமர தீபம்
Directed by
Tatineni Prakash Rao
Genre
drama
Country
India
Runtime
2h 42m
Rated
U
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A soldier loses his memory during war and falls in love with a woman who helps him recover. He becomes successful in business, but his past eventually catches up with him.

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What happens

Amara Deepam (transl. The Eternal Lamp) is a 1956 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed and co-written by T. Prakash Rao. A remake of the 1942 American film Random Harvest, it stars Sivaji Ganesan, Savitri and Padmini. The film, produced by Venus Pictures, was released on 29 June 1956. It was remade in Hindi as Amardeep (1958). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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