Bhakta Nandanar

Bhakta Nandanar
Poster
Directed byManik Lal Tandon
StarringK. B. Sundarambal
Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer
Production
company
Asandas Classical Talkies
Release date
  • 1935 (1935)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget₹ 3 lakh

Bhakta Nandanar (transl. Devotee Nandanar) is a 1935 Tamil-language film directed by Manik Lal Tandon. It marked the cinematic debut of the Carnatic singer and stage artist K. B. Sundarambal. She was paid a then unprecedented ₹100,000 (equivalent of ₹60 million (2013 prices)) as salary for this film. This was also the first film for Ellis R. Dungan.[1][2][3][4][5][6] No print of the film is known to survive, making it a lost film.[1]

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  3. ^ Baskaran, S. Theodore (1981). The message bearers: the nationalist politics and the entertainment media in South India, 1880–1945. Chennai: Cre-A. p. 119.
  4. ^ National Film Development Corporation of India (1998). Indian cinema: a visual voyage (Hardback ed.). Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt of India. p. 127. ISBN 978-81-230-0646-8.
  5. ^ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1994). Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema. British Film Institute. p. 309. ISBN 978-0-85170-455-5.
  6. ^ "He transcended barriers with aplomb, The Hindu 1 February 2002". Archived from the original on 30 November 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)