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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Rambaiyin Kaadhal<br />
| image = <br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = <br />
| director = B. N. Rao (Balkrishna Narayan Rao)<br />
| producer = <br />
| writer = <br />
| screenplay = <br />
| story = <br />
| based_on = <br />
| starring = [[K. Sarangapani]],<br>[[K. L. V. Vasantha]],<br>[[N. S. Krishnan]],<br>[[T. A. Mathuram]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| music = Central Studios Orchestra<br />
| cinematography = Bodo Gutschwager<br />
| editing = S. Surya<br />
| studio = Central Studios<br />
| distributor = Sri Murugan Talkies<br />
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1939|2|24|India}}<ref name=anandan>{{cite book|url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1939-cinedetails25.asp|title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru|trans-title=History of Landmark Tamil Films|publisher=Sivakami Publishers|author=Film News Anandan|authorlink=Film News Anandan|date=23 October 2004|location=Chennai|language=Tamil|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20171219023157/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1939-cinedetails25.asp|archivedate=19 December 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
| runtime = 2:57:46 (16,000 ft.)<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Rambaiyin Kaadhal''''' (English: ''Ramba's love''<ref name=credits />) is a [[List of Tamil films of the 1930s#1939|1939]] Indian, [[Tamil language]] [[Mythology|mythological]] film directed by B. N. Rao.<ref>{{cite book|authors=Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|publisher=Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998|page=635|url=https://chasingcinema.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/text.pdf}} Listed as Rambayin Kadhal</ref> The film featured [[K. Sarangkapani]] and K. L. V. Vasantha in the lead roles.<ref name=hindu>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/comedians-of-the-tamil-screen-part-1-t-s-durairaj/article7429472.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Overshadowed by Peer | date=16 July 2015| accessdate=19 December 2017| last=Guy| first=Randor| authorlink=Randor Guy| archiveurl=https://archive.today/20171205010914/http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/comedians-of-the-tamil-screen-part-1-t-s-durairaj/article7429472.ece| archivedate=5 December 2017| url-status=dead| df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/rambayin-kaathal-1939/article3022772.ece|title=Rambayin-Kaadhal 1939 |website=[[The Hindu]]|date=11 April 2008|accessdate=4 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/rambaiyin-kadhal-movie/8786| title=Rambaiyin Kadhal (1939 - Tamil)|accessdate=19 December 2017}}</ref> The film has an alternate title '''Yathbhavishyan'''.<ref name=credits /><br />
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==Plot==<br />
The story is based on Hindu mythology. Ramba is a dancer in Indra's court. One day she descends to earth to see its beauty. She is enthralled by the riverside scenery in a country. She stays there for a long time and hence gets late for a dance performance in the court. Indra gets angry and curses her to become a statue near that river. Narada takes pity on Ramba and asks Indra to give a remedy. Indra agrees and says that Ramba can rejoin as court dance once she has suffered enough for her penance. In the meantime, an innocent young man, Yathabavishayan, who lives in a village near the river is fooled by his friends. They make him marry a donkey. After celebrations, they leave him. Yathabavishayan falls asleep. Narada arranges the statue (Ramba) to be placed near Yathabavishayan. When the young man gets up, he finds that he was sleeping at the foot of a statue of a woman. While he gets excited about it, the statue comes alive as a young woman. She falls in love with Yathabavishayan and takes him to heaven with her. One day, while in heaven, Yathabavishayan asks her to take him to Yama's Kingdom. He learns the secret of living without the fear of death. Yama finds now he has no work because people on earth has come to know the secret of staying alive. Yama makes inquiry and complaints to Indra that Ramba is responsible from bringing a human being to his (Yama's) Kingdom and taking him back to earth thus, revealing the secret of staying alive without death. Indra curses Ramba to become a ghost. Now Yathabavishayan could not see Ramba. He is mentally affected and wanders about. Ramba realiases that she cannot go back to Indra's court as dancer if she stays as a ghost. She asks Narada to advise her. He tells her a way out. As per that plan, she enters the body of Subashini, the princess of Kasi. The King, Kasi Rajan and his wife, Kasi Rani are baffled by the strange behaviour of the princess. They arrange for a witch doctor to cure her. During the witch doctor's rituals, the wandering Yathabavishayan gets there. Finding him, Ramba, within the body of the princess comes out and goes towards Yathabavishayan. Narada appears to her and advises her that she belongs to the heaven and therefore she should relinquish any love she has towards a human being. She accepts his advice. As she has relinquished her love for an earthly being her status is restored. She tells Yathabavishayan to marry Subashini, the princess. So, Yathabavishayan marries the princess and also inherits her father's Kingdom.<ref name=credits /><br />
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==Cast==<br />
''Cast according to the opening credits of the film''<br />
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;Male cast<br />
* [[K. Sarangapani]] {{small|as}} Yathabavishyan<br />
* [[R. Balasubramaniam|R. Balasubramanyam]] {{small|as}} [[Indra|Devendran]]<br />
* [[Chokkalinga Bhagavathar|K. A. Chokkalinga Bhagavathar]] {{small|as}} [[Narada]]n<br />
* [[N. S. Krishnan]] {{small|as}} Amarasimman<br />
* Professor S. S. Mallaiah {{small|as}} [[Yama]]n<br />
* Krishna Sastri {{small|as}} Teacher<br />
* V. S. Srinivasalu Naidu {{small|as}} King of Kasi<br />
* K. S. Jayaraman {{small|as}} Subbani <br />
* S. Krishnan {{small|as}} Seenu<br />
* S. R. Sudalai {{small|as}} Venkittu<br />
* Rangaraju {{small|as}} Rangan<br />
* Thodi M. Kannan {{small|as}} [[Chitragupta]]n<br />
* [[Kali N. Rathnam]] {{small|as}} Witch doctor (uncredited)<br />
* [[T. S. Durairaj]] {{small|as}} Witch doctor's assistant (uncredited)<br />
* Nagarcoil K. Mahadevan {{small|as}} Sadhu (uncredited)<br />
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;Female cast<br />
* [[K. L. V. Vasantha|K. L. V. Vasantha Devi]] {{small|as}} Rambha<br />
* [[T. A. Mathuram]] {{small|as}} Subhashini<br />
* V. Subbulakshmi {{small|as}} Kamu<br />
* Ponnammal {{small|as}} Visalakshi<br />
* Indrani {{small|as}} Queen of Kasi<br />
* T. S. Susheela {{small|as}} Menaka<br />
* Seetha {{small|as}} Oorvasi<br />
* Sarojini {{small|as}} Thilothama<br />
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==Production==<br />
The film was produced by [[Central Studios]] and was distributed by Sri Murugan Talkies. B. N. Rao directed the film. Cinematography was by Bodo Gutschwager<ref name=anandan /> and the audiography was done by Paul Juraschek. S. Surya was in charge of editing. Art direction was carried out by M. A. Gany. Processing was done at Central Studios by C. A. Sundararajulu, Raghavan Pillai and V. Parthasarathy<ref name=credits>Film credits (See External links)</ref><br />
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This is the first film that [[T. S. Durairaj]] featured in where he played an uncredited role as a witch doctor's assistant.<ref name=hindu /><br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
The actors sang in their own voice. The Central Studios Orchestra provided the background music with S. M. Subbiah Naidu credited as harmonium player.<br />
;Orchestra<br />
* K. S. Sivavadivel Pillai&nbsp;– [[Violin|Fiddle]]<br />
* [[S. M. Subbaiah Naidu|S. M. Subbaiah]]&nbsp;– [[Harmonium]]<br />
* G. Sundaram&nbsp;– [[Tabla]]<br />
* Ranganathan&nbsp;– [[Flute]]<br />
* Narayanan&nbsp;– [[Veena]]i<br />
* M. S. Saithumiyan - [[Sarangi]]<br />
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;List of songs<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singer/s !! Duration (m:ss)<br />
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| 1 || ''Vasudeva Sudhaa'' || rowspan=3|Chokkalinga Bhagavather || 02:30<br />
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| 2 || '' Sethaapathe'' || 01:51<br />
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| 3 || ''Namo Mathava'' || 02:04<br />
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| 4 || ''Mundhi Mundhi'' || Kali N. Rathnam, T. S. Durairaj & T. A. Mathuram || 04:52<br />
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| 5 || ''Thendral Ulaavum'' || T. A. Mathuram || 02:19<br />
|-<br />
| 6 || ''Iththanai Naalaai'' || rowspan=2|N. S. Krishnan & T. A. Mathuram || 02:58<br />
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| 7 || ''Mana Mohananey'' || 01:28<br />
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| 8 || ''Chanthiran Udhayam'' || rowspan=3| K. L. V. Vasantha || 00:54<br />
|-<br />
| 9 || ''Sadha Subhakara Madhey'' || 03:10<br />
|-<br />
| 10 || ''Panimalar Solai Alankaram'' || 02:31<br />
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| 11 || ''Pozhudhu Vidindhathu'' || Nagarcoil K. Mahadevan || 03:05<br />
|}<br />
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==Reception==<br />
The film was a success at the box office.<ref name=hindu /><br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|0261941}}<br />
*{{youtube|4_pbRoFdZLU|Mundhi Mundhi}} - Song by Kali N. Rathnam and T. S. Durairaj<br />
*{{youtube|lXd3vGvFosc|Pozhudhu Vidindhathu}} - Song by Nagarcoil K. Mahadevan<br />
*{{youtube|qophyYH-sOo|Full Feature Film}}<br />
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