Mathru Bhoomi

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{{Infobox film
| name = Mathru Bhoomi
| image = Mathrubhoomi1938.jpg
| caption = A still from ''Mathru Bhoomi''
| director = [[H. M. Reddy]]
| producer = ALRM Company
| screenplay = K. Subbarao
| story = Dwijendralal Ray
| starring = T. S. Santhanam<br/>P. U. Chellappa<br/>A. K. Rajalakshmi
| music = Papanasam Sivan
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio = ALRM Company
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1939|10|29}}<ref name="Anandan">{{Cite book |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1939-cinedetails23.asp |title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru |last=Film News Anandan |publisher=Sivagami Publishers |year=2004 |location=Chennai |language=Tamil |trans-title=Tamil film history and its achievements |author-link=Film News Anandan |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180420085831/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1939-cinedetails23.asp |archive-date=20 April 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=20 April 2018 }}</ref>
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Mathru Bhoomi''''' is a 1939 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil-language]] film directed by [[H. M. Reddy]]. It was an adaptation of the [[Bengali language|Bengali]] stage play ''Chandragupta'' by Dwijendralal Ray.<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/tamil-cinemas-bong-connection/</ref>

== Plot ==
The film was based on [[Alexander the Great|Alexander]]'s invasion of India, an [[allegory]] to the British conquest and occupation of India.

== Production ==
''Mathru Bhoomi'' is an adaptation of the [[Bengali language|Bengali]] stage play ''[[Chandragupta (play)|Chandragupta]]''.<ref name = hindu>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/mathru-bhoomi-1939/article3020901.ece|title=Mathru Bhoomi (1939)|last=Guy| first=Randor|date=14 May 2010|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=11 October 2017}}</ref> P. S. Ramakrishna Rao, who went on to become a popular director in Telugu cinema, joined the film as an assistant director.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/brathukutheruvu-1953/article5276404.ece|title=BRATHUKUTHERUVU (1953)|first=M. L.|last=Narasimham|date=27 October 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=11 October 2017}}</ref>

In 1937, the Indian nationalist party the [[Indian National Congress]] defeated the pro-British [[Justice Party (India)|Justice Party]] for the first time in the elections to the Madras Legislative Assembly and [[Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari]] was sworn in as the Chief Minister. As an immediate consequence of this change of guard, censorship was relaxed on [[Tamil films]]. Encouraged by the new government's policies, a few films were made glorifying the Indian independence movement and Indian national leaders of which ''Mathrubhoomi'' was one.<ref name = hindu/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{H. M. Reddy}}

* {{cite news|title=War relic|author=S. Theodore Baskaran|authorlink=S. Theodore Baskaran|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=6 October 2006|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2319/stories/20061006000707900.htm|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901021549/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2319/stories/20061006000707900.htm|archivedate=1 September 2010|df=dmy-all}}

[[Category:1939 films]]
[[Category:1930s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films set in ancient India]]
[[Category:Indian films based on plays]]
[[Category:Films directed by H. M. Reddy]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]

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