Haridas (1944 film)

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Haridas
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sundar Rao Nadkarni
Written by	Ilangovan
Produced by	Rayal Talkie Distributors
Starring	M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar T. R. Rajakumari N. C. Vasanthakokilam
Cinematography	Adi Irani T. Muthuswamy
Edited by	Sundar Rao Nadkarni
Music by	Papanasam Sivan G. Ramanathan
Release date	16 October 1944 (1944-10-16)
Running time	117 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Haridas is a 1944 Tamil language film directed by Sundar Rao Nadkarni and starring M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, T. R. Rajakumari and N. C. Vasanthakokilam.

It holds the record of being the longest-running Tamil film at a single theatre for 784 days.^{[citation needed]} IBN Live included Haridas in its list of 100 greatest Indian films of all time.^[1] The film was initially released in black and white with just one scene in colour, which was manually colored by studio technicians. The film was re-released with full colour in 1946.^{[citation needed]} It was the last film of M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar before his two year imprisonment due to the Lakshmikanthan murder case.^{[citation needed]}