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Karpukkarasi (1957)

Karpukkarasi poster
Original title
கற்புக்கரசி
Directed by
A. S. A. Sami
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
India
Rated
U
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A swashbuckling hero leads a romantic adventure filled with sword fights and dramatic encounters in a historical setting. The story follows a brave protagonist as he opposes a villainous foe and protects a love interest.

swashbucklingdramaticromanticadventurousclassiclightheartedperioddialogue-heavy

What happens

Karpukkarasi is a 1957 Indian Tamil-language swashbuckler film directed by A. S. A. Sami and produced by M. Somasundaram under Jupiter Pictures. The story and screenplay were written by A. S. A. Sami and Aru. Ramanathan. The dialogues were written by Siva-Sundaram. The film stars Gemini Ganesan, M. N. Nambiar, R. Balasubramaniam, and K. A. Thangavelu, with G. Varalakshmi, M. K. Radha, Savitri E. V. Saroja and M. Saroja in supporting roles. It was released on 14 June 1957. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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