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	\| screenplay = [[Kambadasan]]		\| screenplay = [[Kambadasan]]
	\| story = B. S. Ramaiah		\| story = B. S. Ramaiah
	\| starring = [[Ranjan (actor)\|Ranjan]]<br>[[T. R. Rajakumari]]<br>[[M. G. Ramachandran]]<br>K. L. V. Vasantha		\| starring = [[Ranjan (actor)\|Ranjan]]<br />[[T. R. Rajakumari]]<br />[[M. G. Ramachandran]]<br />[[K. L. V. Vasantha]]
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	\| music = Nagercoil K. Mahadevan		\| music = Nagercoil K. Mahadevan
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	'''''Saalivaahanan''''' is a [[Tamil language]] film starring [[Ranjan (actor)\|Ranjan]], [[T. R. Rajakumari]], [[M. G. Ramachandran]] and K. L. V. Vasantha. The film was released in ~~the~~ 1945.<ref name=hindu>{{~~cite web~~\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/saalivaahanan-1945/article2135380.ece\|~~title=Saalivaahanan 1945\|authorlink=Randor Guy\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|~~date~~=26 June 2011\|accessdate~~=23 January 2017\|~~archiveurl~~=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123045925/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/saalivaahanan-1945/article2135380.ece\|~~archivedate~~=23 January 2017}}</ref> No print of the film is known to survive, making it a lost film.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/another-anandan-in-the-making/article19593507.ece~~\|title=Another Anandan in the making\|last=Rangarajan\|first=Malathi\|date=2017-08-31\|work=The Hindu~~\|access-date=2017-09-18~~\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X~~}}</ref>		'''''Saalivaahanan''''' is a [[Tamil language]] film starring [[Ranjan (actor)\|Ranjan]], [[T. R. Rajakumari]], [[M. G. Ramachandran]] and [[K. L. V. Vasantha]]. The film was released in 1945.<ref name="hindu">{{Cite news \|last=Guy \|first=Randor \|date=26 June 2011 \|title=Saalivaahanan 1945 \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/saalivaahanan-1945/article2135380.ece \|access-date=23 January 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123045925/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/saalivaahanan-1945/article2135380.ece \|archive-date=23 January 2017 \|authorlink=Randor Guy}}</ref> No print of the film is known to survive, making it a lost film.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Rangarajan \|first=Malathi \|date=2017-08-31 \|title=Another Anandan in the making \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/another-anandan-in-the-making/article19593507.ece \|access-date=2017-09-18}}</ref>

	==Cast==		== Cast ==
	;Male		;Male
	*[[Ranjan (actor)\|Ranjan]] as Saalivahanan		*[[Ranjan (actor)\|Ranjan]] as Saalivahanan
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	*[[T. A. Madhuram]]		*[[T. A. Madhuram]]

	==Production==		== Production ==
	The film had a sequence, a love scene between Ranjan and T. R. Rajakumari, in colour. It was done by ''hand-tinting'' each frame of the sequence.		The film had a sequence, a love scene between Ranjan and T. R. Rajakumari, in colour. It was done by ''hand-tinting'' each frame of the sequence. M. G. Ramachandran, who was acting in minor roles at that time, played as villain. According to film historian [[Randor Guy]], during the shooting of a sword fight between Ranjan and Ramachandran, the latter complained to the director that "Ranjan was putting in too much of ''realism'' in the fencing which was likely to hurt him!"<ref name=hindu />

	M. G. Ramachandran, who was acting in minor roles at that time, played as villain. According to film historian [[Randor Guy]], during the shooting of a sword fight between Ranjan and Ramachandran, the latter complained to the director that "Ranjan was putting in too much of ''realism'' in the fencing which was likely to hurt him!"<ref name=hindu />		== Soundtrack ==

	==Soundtrack==
	# Kayirai edutthukko by [[N. S. Krishnan]] & [[T. A. Madhuram]]		# Kayirai edutthukko by [[N. S. Krishnan]] & [[T. A. Madhuram]]

	==Reception==		== Reception ==
	According to film historian Randor Guy, Saalivaahanan did not do well at the box office and the producers lost heavily in the process. He stated the film would be remembered for coloured sequence and the comedy of Krishnan-Mathuram.<ref name=hindu />		According to film historian Randor Guy, Saalivaahanan did not do well at the box office and the producers lost heavily in the process. He stated the film would be remembered for coloured sequence and the comedy of Krishnan-Mathuram.<ref name=hindu />

	==References==		== References ==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Saalivaahanan
| image = Saalivaahanan.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = B. N. Rao
| screenplay = [[Kambadasan]]
| story = B. S. Ramaiah
| starring = [[Ranjan (actor)|Ranjan]]<br>[[T. R. Rajakumari]]<br>[[M. G. Ramachandran]]<br>K. L. V. Vasantha
| producer =
| music = Nagercoil K. Mahadevan
| distributor =
| studio = Bhaskar Pictures
| released = {{film date|16 February 1945}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
}}
'''''Saalivaahanan''''' is a [[Tamil language]] film starring [[Ranjan (actor)|Ranjan]], [[T. R. Rajakumari]], [[M. G. Ramachandran]] and K. L. V. Vasantha. The film was released in the 1945.<ref name=hindu>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/saalivaahanan-1945/article2135380.ece|title=Saalivaahanan 1945|authorlink=Randor Guy|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=26 June 2011|accessdate=23 January 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123045925/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/saalivaahanan-1945/article2135380.ece|archivedate=23 January 2017}}</ref> No print of the film is known to survive, making it a lost film.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/another-anandan-in-the-making/article19593507.ece|title=Another Anandan in the making|last=Rangarajan|first=Malathi|date=2017-08-31|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-09-18|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Cast==
;Male
*[[Ranjan (actor)|Ranjan]] as Saalivahanan
*[[M. G. Ramachandran]] as Vikramaditya
*Nagercoil K. Mahadevan
*[[T. S. Balaiah]]
*[[N. S. Krishnan]]
;Female
*[[T. R. Rajakumari]] as Princess Chandralekha
*[[K. L. V. Vasantha]] as Vikramaditya's sister
*[[M. R. Santhanalakshmi]]
*[[T. A. Madhuram]]

==Production==
The film had a sequence, a love scene between Ranjan and T. R. Rajakumari, in colour. It was done by ''hand-tinting'' each frame of the sequence.

M. G. Ramachandran, who was acting in minor roles at that time, played as villain. According to film historian [[Randor Guy]], during the shooting of a sword fight between Ranjan and Ramachandran, the latter complained to the director that "Ranjan was putting in too much of ''realism'' in the fencing which was likely to hurt him!"<ref name=hindu />

==Soundtrack==
# Kayirai edutthukko by [[N. S. Krishnan]] & [[T. A. Madhuram]]

==Reception==
According to film historian Randor Guy, Saalivaahanan did not do well at the box office and the producers lost heavily in the process. He stated the film would be remembered for coloured sequence and the comedy of Krishnan-Mathuram.<ref name=hindu />

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1940s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1945 films]]
[[Category:Lost Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:1940s lost films]]

{{1940s-Tamil-film-stub}}