Naveena Sadaram
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Vidwan Sankaralingam
Parvathi Bai
G. Pattu Iyer
Indhubala
S. S. Mani Bhagavathar
M. D. Rajam
Kunchithapadam
| Naveena Sadaram | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam |
| Produced by | Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam |
| Starring | S. D. Subbulakshmi Vidwan Sankaralingam Parvathi Bai G. Pattu Iyer Indhubala S. S. Mani Bhagavathar M. D. Rajam Kunchithapadam |
| Music by | Papanasam Sivan[1] |
Production company | Madras United Artistes Corporation |
| Distributed by | Madras United Artistes Corporation |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Naveena Sadaram is a 1935 Tamil language film directed and produced by Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam.[2][3] The film featured S. D. Subbulakshmi in the lead role. The film is an adaptation of the Kannada stage play Sadarame. Papanasam Sivan was in charge of both the score and lyrics respectively.
A woman named Sadaram (S. D. Subbulakshmi) disguises herself as a man to escape from the clutches of a petty thief (G. Pattu Iyer). She encounters a princess (Parvathi Bai) who falls in love with the man unaware that 'he' is also a woman. Both Sadaram and another woman are in love with a prince (Vidwan Sankaralingam). In the end, the prince ends up marrying Sadaram and the woman who is in love with him.[2]
Cast
Adapted from Film News Anandan and The Hindu.[1][2]
- S. D. Subbulakshmi as Sadaram
- Vidwan Sankaralingam as the prince
- Parvathi Bai as the princess
- G. Pattu Iyer as the petty thief
- Indubala
- S. S. Mani Bhagavathar
- M. D. Rajam
- Kunchithapadam
Production
The film was based on a Marathi play "Mitra" by Shirish Athwale, Gubbi Veeranna had adapted it into a theatre play in Kannada. The play was a hit, prompting Veeranna to make it into a film titled Sadarame (1935). In both the play and the film, Veeranna played the role of the petty thief, whose clutches the titular Sadaram is trying to escape. Sadarame too became a box office success.[2]
Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam made it in Tamil with the title Naveena Sadaram. The prefix "Naveena" was placed before Sadaram because at the time, many stories having the same plot details were adapted for the screen by more than one producer, the later film versions of the stories placed the prefix "Naveena" to signify it was a newer version than the previous ones.[2]