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{{Infobox film
| name = Sri Kanda Leela
| image = Sri_Kantha_Leela_1938_film.jpg
| caption =
| writer = Nanjappa Chettiar
| screenplay =
| producer =
| director = H. S. Mehta
| starring = Raja M. G. Dhandapani M. V. Mani Ramaiah Sastry Vasantha Sundarambal Dhanalaksmi
| music = [[G. Govindarajulu Naidu]]
| cinematography = J. S. Patel
| editing =
| studio = Premier Cinetone
| released = {{Film date|1938|3|19}}<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1938-cinedetails5.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://web.archive.org/web/20221202031959/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1938-cinedetails5.asp|archivedate=2 December 2022|url-status=usurped|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''Sri Kanda Leela''''' is a 1938 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]] language film directed by H. S. Mehta.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/sri-kandha-leela-1938/article4564379.ece|title=Sri Kandha Leela|work=The Hindu|date=30 March 2013|accessdate=2 December 2022|first=Randor|last=Guy|authorlink=Randor Guy|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701085814/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/sri-kandha-leela-1938/article4564379.ece|archivedate=1 July 2013}}</ref>



== Cast ==
The following details were taken from the company song book.<ref name=SB>''Sri Kandha Leela'' Song book, 1938, Reliance Press, Coimbatore.</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
{{col-break|width=50%}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Males
|-
! Name !! Character
|-
| Raja M. G. Dhandapani || Sooran
|-
| [[M. V. Mani]] || Veeravagu
|-
| Master P. S. Mani (5 years) || Bala (child) Murugan
|-
| Master Murugesan (10 years) || Dhandapani
|-
| Master Narayanan || Subramanyar
|-
| Ramaiah Sastry || Idumban
|-
| Gnanamani || Narada
|-
| Selvamani || Sayanthan
|-
| V. V. S. Mani || Bhanugopan
|-
| T. R. Kuppusamy Pillai || Lord Shiva
|-
| G. Govindarajulu || Vishnu
|-
| Saudappa || Brahma
|-
| Arumugam || Indra
|}
{{col-break|width=50%}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Females
|-
! Name !! Character
|-
| Vasantha || Valli
|-
| Sundarambal || Deivayanai
|-
| Dhanalakshmi || Parvathi
|-
| Suseeladevi || Indrani
|-
| Seethalakshmi || Asamukhi
|}
|}

== Production ==
The film was produced by M. A. S. Sellam and Co., Kovai Premier Cinetone and directed by H. S. Mehta. L. Najappa Chettiar wrote the screenplay, dialogues and songs. Cinematography was done by J. S. Patel. Meenakshisundara Nattuvanar directed the choreography.<ref name=SB />

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by G. Govindarajulu while the lyrics were penned by L. Nanjappa Chettiar. Some folk devotional songs and one [[Thiruppugal]] were included in the film. Altogether there were 25 songs in the film.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Tamizh Cinema Ulagam Part 1|last=Vijayakumar |first=Akila |publisher=Manivasagar Publishers 044 25361039 |edition=1st |location=Chennai |publication-date=March 2019 |pages=270–271 |language=Tamil}}</ref>
All the songs were sung by the actors featuring the respective characters.

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{YouTube|8288SaqXV04|Vanthadkollal aagaathaa}} - A song from the film

[[Category:1930s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1938 Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

Sri Kandha Leela - Revision history

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