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	At the height of [[World War II]] in 1943, the government of [[British India]] brought forth a rule that out of three Indian films made, two should be in support of the British war effort. ''Burma Rani'' was one of such movies produced by Modern Theatres and directed by T. R. Sundaram.		At the height of [[World War II]] in 1943, the government of [[British India]] brought forth a rule that out of three Indian films made, two should be in support of the British war effort. ''Burma Rani'' was one of such movies produced by Modern Theatres and directed by T. R. Sundaram.

	~~== Plot ==~~

	The story revolves around a spy ring in Japanese-occupied Burma headed by a Tamil woman named Mangalam. She keeps the Japanese army commander and the principal antagonist of the movie General Bakjina under her surveillance. However, things turn awry when three Indian pilots in the British Indian Air Force are captured and taken prisoner and one of them (played by [[T. S. Balaiah]]) is eventually killed. The story of the escape of the other two pilots forms the plot of the movie. The character of the Japanese general Bakjina is a spoof of [[Adolf Hitler]].
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{{Infobox film
| name = Burma Rani
| image = Burma Rani.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[T. R. Sundaram]]
| producer = T. R. Sundaram
| writer =
| starring = [[K. L. V. Vasantha]]<br />[[T. R. Sundaram]]<br />[[C. Honnappa Bhagavathar]]<br />[[Serugulathur Sama]]<br />[[T. S. Balaiah]]
| studio = [[Modern Theatres]]
| distributor = [[Modern Theatres]]
| music = T. A. Kalyanam
| cinematography = W. R. Subba Rao
| editing = D. Dorairaj
| released = 1945
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Burma Rani''''' ({{translation|Queen of Burma}}) is a 1945 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[war film|war]]-[[spy film]] directed by [[T. R. Sundaram]]. It starred [[K. L. V. Vasantha]] in the lead role of the female spy Mangalam and Sundaram, himself, as the lead antagonist. The film was believed to be [[Lost film|lost]] until 2006, when it was [[List of rediscovered films|rediscovered]] and made available on DVD.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Baskaran|first=S. Theodore|year=2006|title=War relic|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2319/stories/20061006000707900.htm|journal=Frontline|volume=23|issue=19|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170929073514/http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2319/stories/20061006000707900.htm#|archive-date=29 September 2017|access-date=29 September 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

== Pre-production ==

At the height of [[World War II]] in 1943, the government of [[British India]] brought forth a rule that out of three Indian films made, two should be in support of the British war effort. ''Burma Rani'' was one of such movies produced by Modern Theatres and directed by T. R. Sundaram.

== Plot ==

The story revolves around a spy ring in Japanese-occupied Burma headed by a Tamil woman named Mangalam. She keeps the Japanese army commander and the principal antagonist of the movie General Bakjina under her surveillance. However, things turn awry when three Indian pilots in the British Indian Air Force are captured and taken prisoner and one of them (played by [[T. S. Balaiah]]) is eventually killed. The story of the escape of the other two pilots forms the plot of the movie. The character of the Japanese general Bakjina is a spoof of [[Adolf Hitler]].


== Cast ==
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;Male cast
* [[C. Honnappa Bhagavathar]] as Kumar
* [[Serukalathur Sama]] as Buddhist Monk
* K. K. Perumal as Uso
* [[T. S. Balaiah]] as Ranjith Singh
* [[S. V. Sahasranamam]] as Kundu Rao
* A. Dhasaratha Rao as Soni
* S. R. Sandow as Gotto
* [[N. S. Krishnan]] as Kunjitham
* [[Kali N. Rathnam]] as Koduchi
* [[V. M. Ezhumalai]] as Umpan
* M. E. Madhavan as Madhav
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;Female cast
* [[K. L. V. Vasantha]] as Rani
* [[T. A. Mathuram]] as Banama
* [[C. T. Rajakantham]] as Miss Mangalam
* Matha, Mary as Burmese Girl
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== References ==
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