Mahishasura Mardini (1959)
- Directed by
- B. S. Ranga
- Country
- India
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a Kannada mythological film about the goddess Durga who slays the demon Mahishasura. The story follows the battle between good and evil as the goddess defeats the powerful demon.
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What happens
Mahishasura Mardini ( lit. 'Slayer of Mahishasura'; a name for Durga) is a 1959 Indian Kannada-language film, directed and produced by B. S. Ranga. The film stars Rajkumar, V. Nagayya, Udaykumar and Narasimharaju. It was dubbed in seven other languages and is retrospectively identified as amongst the first major Pan-India films. The film has musical score by G. K. Venkatesh. It was dubbed in seven languages including in Telugu under the same name and in Hindi as Durga Maata (lit. 'Mother Durga', 1960). This was the first movie shot in Vikram Studios, Madras. Rajkumar sang a duet as a playback singer for the first time through the song Thumbithu Manava in this movie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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