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Vijayapuri Veeran (1960)

Vijayapuri Veeran poster
Directed by
Joseph Thaliath Jr.
Genre
fantasy film
Country
India
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

It is an Indian adaptation of The Three Musketeers set in a fantasy kingdom. A young warrior joins three friends to protect the ruler from a conspiracy. The film focuses on sword fights and heroic rescues.

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What happens

Vijayapuri Veeran (transl. The Warrior of Vijayapuri) is a 1960 Indian Tamil-language swashbuckler film directed by Joseph Thaliath Jr. and written by A. C. Tirulokchandar. An adaptation of the novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, it stars C. L. Anandan (in his acting debut), M. Hemalatha, S. A. Ashokan and S. V. Ramadas in lead roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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