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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|1936 film directed by Bhalji Pendharkar}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Rukmani Kalyanam<br />
| image = Rukmani Kalyanam.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[Bhalji Pendharkar|Balachandra Pendharkar]]<br />Baburao Khandekar<br />
| producer = Bhalji Pendharkar<br />
| writer = <br />
| screenplay = <br />
| story = <br />
| starring = [[S. Rajam]]<br />M. S. Vijayal<br />
| narrator = <br />
| music = <br />
| cinematography = <br />
| editing = <br />
| studio = Thajai Venkateshwar Films<ref name="Anandan" /><br />
| released = 1936<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
'''''Rukmani Kalyanam''''' ({{translation|Rukmani's marriage}}) is a 1936 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film produced and directed by [[Bhalji Pendharkar]]. It stars [[S. Rajam]] as the [[Hindus|Hindu]] god [[Krishna]] and M. S. Vijayal as his wife [[Rukmini|Rukmani]].<ref name="thehindu">{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/blast-from-the-past-rukmini-kalyanam-1936/article3613286.ece |title=Blast from the past&nbsp;— Rukmini Kalyanam (1936) |date=7 July 2012 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=29 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920092101/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/blast-from-the-past-rukmini-kalyanam-1936/article3613286.ece |archive-date=20 September 2017 |author-link=Randor Guy}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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;Male cast<ref name="songbook">{{Cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/sok.RukmaniKalyanam_BalachandraPendakar_1936 |title=ருக்மணி கல்யாணம் |year=1936 |publisher=Venkateshwara Films |language=Tamil |type=songbook |via=Internet Archive}}</ref><br />
* [[S. Rajam|Master S. Rajam]] as [[Krishna|Shri Krishna]]<br />
* R. Duraisamy Raju as [[Balarama]]n<br />
* T. R. Mani {{small|B. A.}} as [[Rukmi]]<br />
* S. Bala Subramaniam {{small|B. A.}} as [[Shishupala]]n<br />
* M. N. M. Sundaram as [[Narada]]r<br />
* Joker Ramudu as [[Subedar|Subodar]]<br />
* P. K. Balu as Boatman<br />
* R. D. Raju as Boatman<br />
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* M. S. Vijayal as [[Rukmini|Rukmani]]<br />
* T. S. Meenambal as [[Chitralekha (deity)|Chitralekha]]<br />
* Chellam as [[Revati|Revathi]]<br />
* Gowri as Friend<br />
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Mathirimangalam Natesa Iyer, Sreemathi, Panchu Bhagavathar and Kamala.<ref name="thehindu" /><br />
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== Production ==<br />
''Rukmani Kalyanam'' was produced and directed by [[Bhalji Pendharkar]]. [[S. Rajam]], who portrayed the [[Hindus|Hindu]] god [[Krishna]] in ''[[Sita Kalyanam (1934 film)|Sita Kalyanam]]'' (1934) and ''[[Radha Kalyanam (1935 film)|Radha Kalyanam]]'' (1935), played the same role in this film, while M. S. Vijayal played his wife [[Rukmini|Rukmani]]. Other supporting roles were played by Mathirimangalam Natesa Iyer, Sreemathi, Panchu Bhagavathar and Kamala.<ref name="thehindu" /> The final length of the film was 15,638 feet.<ref name="Anandan">{{Cite book |last=Film News Anandan |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1936-cinedetails34.asp |title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru |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/20170920145858/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1936-cinedetails34.asp |archive-date=20 September 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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== Songs ==<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
''Rukmani Kalyanam'' was not successful, but film historian [[Randor Guy]], writing for ''[[The Hindu]]'', said that it would be remembered for "the appearance of Rajam as Lord Krishna, and the interesting on-screen narration of the epic story by director Balji Phendarkar".<ref name="thehindu" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0253604}}<br />
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[[Category:1930s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1936 films]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu mythological films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
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