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Velaikari Magal

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How it feels

This 1953 Tamil drama is about a mother and daughter who work as domestic servants. Their lives become entangled with the wealthy family that employs them.

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What happens

Velaikari Magal (transl. Maid's daughter) is a 1953 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by C. V. Ranganatha Das and starring N. T. Rama Rao, C. Lakshmi Rajyam, and S. V. Ranga Rao. The film is a remake of the 1952 Telugu film Daasi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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