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{{short description|1941 film by Bhagwan Dada}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Prem Bandhan
| image = Prem Bandhan (1941).jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Bhagwan Dada|Bhagwan]]
| screenplay = S. G. Chellappa Iyer
| story = Padhuk Bhat
| starring = [[M. K. Radha]]<br />T. Suryakumari<br />[[R. B. Lakshmi Devi]]<br />K. K. Swami
| music = [[Shanti Kumar Desai]]
| studio = Famous Films
| released = {{film date|1941|8|2|df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''Prem Bandhan''''' ({{translation|Bond of love}}) is a 1941 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romantic drama film]] directed by [[Bhagwan Dada|Bhagwan]] and produced by Famous Films. The film stars [[M. K. Radha]], T. Suryakumari, [[R. B. Lakshmi Devi]] and K. K. Swami. It was released on 2 August 1941 and became a commercial success.

== Plot ==
Ananthu falls in love with two women, Lalitha and Neela. Bhaskar, a wealthy man, is also in love with Neela and tries to end her romance with Ananthu. Neela meets with a car accident and, to the surprise of everyone, reveals in her dying breathing that she had planned the accident so that Lalitha could marry Ananthu.<ref name="BFTP">{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=24 January 2015 |title=Blast from the past: Prema Bandhan 1941 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/blast-from-the-past-prema-bandhan-1941/article6818674.ece |url-status=live |access-date=11 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111141106/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/blast-from-the-past-prema-bandhan-1941/article6818674.ece |archive-date=11 January 2017}}</ref>

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|* [[M. K. Radha]] as Ananthu<ref name="BFTP" />
* T. Suryakumari as Lalitha<ref name="BFTP" />
* [[R. B. Lakshmi Devi]]<ref name="BFTP" />
* K. K. Swami as Bhaskar<ref name="BFTP" />}}

== Production ==
''Prem Bandhan'' was directed by [[Bhagwan Dada|Bhagwan]] and produced by the studio Famous Films. The story of the film was written by Padhuk Bhat, while the screenplay was written by S. G. Chellappa Iyer, the brother of actor [[S. G. Kittappa]]. P. Pullaiah supervised the making of ''Prem Bandhan''. Three of the lead actors (Radha, Suryakumari and Lakshmi Devi) were [[A-list]]ers in Tamil cinema at that time.<ref name="BFTP" />

== Music ==
The music of ''Prem Bandhan'' was composed by [[Shanti Kumar Desai]], while the lyrics were written by Kittappa.<ref name="BFTP" />

== Release and reception ==
''Prem Bandhan'' was released on 2 August 1941.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 August 1941 |title=Prem Bandhan |pages=2 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19410802&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=21 January 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Kay Orr of ''[[The Indian Express]]'' said, "Most of the scenes are long-drawn out and tedious. The film also falls a prey to the usual contagion of Tamil songs set to [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani]] tunes. The sooner films escape from this evil, the better for the Film industry in this part of the country."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Orr |first=Kay |date=9 August 1941 |title=Prem Bandhan |pages=3 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IQFFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4121%2C5052702 |access-date=17 November 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The film was a commercial success.<ref name="BFTP" />

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0256281}}

[[Category:1941 romantic drama films]]
[[Category:1941 films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]
[[Category:1941 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1941 Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

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