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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Subhadra Parinayam<br />
| image = Subhadra_Parinayam_1935.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = <br />
| director = Profulla Ghosh<br />
| producer = Samikannu Vincent<br />
| writer = <br />
| screenplay = <br />
| story = <br />
| based_on = {{based on|a sub story in [[Mahabharata]]}}<br />
| starring = [[S. V. Subbaiah Bhagavathar]]<br />T. S. Velammal<br />''Buffoon'' Shanmugam<br />Karaikudi Ganesha Iyer<br />
| narrator = <br />
| music = <br />
| cinematography = Paul Brix<br />Bilmeyer Berkle<br />
| editing = <br />
| studio = Pioneer Studios, Calcutta<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1935|4|27|India}}<ref name=anandan>{{cite book|url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1935-cinedetails10.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|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20181020004611/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1935-cinedetails10.asp|archivedate=20 October 2018}}</ref><br />
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| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
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'''''Subhadra Parinayam''''' is a [[List of Tamil films of the 1930s|1935]] Indian [[Tamil language]] film produced by [[Samikannu Vincent]] and directed by Profulla Ghosh. The film featured S. V. Subbaiah Bhagavathar and T. S. Velammal in the lead roles while the comedy track featured ''Buffoon'' Shanmugam, Karaikudi Ganesha Iyer and others.<ref name=hindu>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/subhadhra-parinayam-1935/article5128721.ece|title=Subhadhra Parinayam (1935)|last=Guy|first=Randor|authorlink=Randor Guy|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 September 2013|accessdate=20 October 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204210100/http://www.thehindu.com:80/features/cinema/cinema-columns/subhadhra-parinayam-1935/article5128721.ece| archivedate=4 February 2018}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Lord [[Krishna]] wants his sister [[Subhadra]] to be married to [[Arjuna]]. But his elder brother [[Balarama]] who is an ally of [[Kaurava]]s, wants to marry her to [[Duryodhana]]. However, Krishna succeeds in marrying Subhadra to Arjuna. He sends both of them away in a chariot. On hearing this, Balarama and Duryodhana send soldiers to capture and imprison them. After many twists and turns in the story, Balarama accepts the marriage and blesses the couple.<ref name=hindu /><br />
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== Cast ==<br />
The following list was compiled from a review article by [[Randor Guy]] that was published in [[The Hindu]] on 14 September 2013<ref name=hindu /> and from the database of [[Film News Anandan]].<br />
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* [[S. V. Subbaiah Bhagavathar]] {{small|as}} ''Arjuna''<br />
* T.S. Velammal {{small|as}} ''Subhadra''<br />
* T. K. Rukmini Ammal<br />
* Karaikudi Ganesha Iyer<br />
* ''Buffoon'' Shanmugham<br />
* Kasi Viswanatha Iyer<br />
* Ramasami Pillai<br />
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== Production ==<br />
The film was produced by [[Samikannu Vincent]], a pioneer in the production of Tamil films who owned the cinema hall, ''Variety Hall Talkies'' in [[Coimbatore]]. The film was shot at the Pioneer Studios in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] and was directed by Prafulla Ghosh who successfully directed some Bengali and Tamil films.<ref name=hindu /> Cinematography was handled by Paul Brix and Bilmeyer Berkle.<ref name=anandan /><br />
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Later, in 1941, the same story was filmed again Tamil with the title '''Subhadra Arjuna''' with [[Serukalathur Sama]] as Krishna and V. S. Mani as Arjuna.<ref name=hindu /><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
There was no music composers during that period. The actors and actresses themselves sang the song according to set tunes. Sometimes songs were taken directly from devotional literature. The studio orchestra provided the background music.<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
Writing in 2013 Randor Guy said, according to contemporary critical accounts, the film fared well in the box office. He further said in his review article that the film is "Remembered For The impressive performances of Subbaiah Bhagavathar and Velammal, the comical interludes of ‘Buffoon’ Shanmugham and others such as Ganesha Iyer, Kasi Viswanath and Ramasami Pillai."<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1930s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1935 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]</div>FranciscaFortney