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{{Distinguish|Yayati}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Yayathi
| image = Yayathi 1938.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Poster
| director = Manik Lal Tandon
| producer =
| writer = [[Serukalathur Sama]]
| screenplay =
| story = [[Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar]]
| based_on =
| starring = [[P. U. Chinnappa]]<br />P. B. Rangachari<br />[[M. V. Rajamma]]
| narrator =
| music = [[Papanasam Sivan]]
| cinematography = A. K. Sen Gupta<br />S. C. Das
| editing =
| studio = Mohan Movietone
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1938|12|17|India}}<ref name=anandan>{{cite book|url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1938-cinedetails27.asp|title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru|trans-title=History of Landmark Tamil Films|publisher=Sivakami Publishers|author=Film News Anandan|author-link=Film News Anandan|date= 23 October 2004|location=Chennai|language=ta|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180531005157/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1938-cinedetails27.asp|archive-date=31 May 2018}}</ref>
| runtime = 177 mins.
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Yayathi''''' is a [[List of Tamil films of the 1930s#1938|1938]] Indian, [[Tamil language]] film directed by M. L. Tandon.<ref>{{cite book|authors=Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|publisher=Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998|page=656|url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf}}</ref> The film featured [[P. U. Chinnappa]] and [[M. V. Rajamma]] in the lead roles.<ref name=hindu>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Yayathi-1938/article16815330.ece|title=Yayathi 1938|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=18 February 2010|access-date=31 May 2018|last=Guy|first=Randor|author-link=Randor Guy|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180531010202/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Yayathi-1938/article16815330.ece| archive-date=31 May 2018}}</ref>

==Plot==
The story was based on the life of a puranic king [[Yayati]] found in [[Mahabharata]], [[Adi Parva]].

==Cast==
The list is compiled from the database of [[Film News Anandan]]<ref name=anandan /> and from the review article by [[Randor Guy]]<ref name=hindu />
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{{col-break|width=50%}}
;Male cast
*P. U. Chinnappa
*P. B. Rangachari
*C. S. Shamanna
*M. S. Subramania Bhagavathar
*M. S. Babu
*K. S. Harihara Iyer
{{col-break|width=50%}}
;Female cast
*M. V. Rajamma
*C. S. M. Sulochana
*T. S. Krishnaveni
*S. C. Gomathi Bai
*M. L. Rajambal
{{Col-end}}

==Production==
The film was produced by Mohan Movietone of [[Madurai]], and was directed by the [[Hollywood|Hollywood-trained]] filmmaker Manik Lal Tandon. The film was made in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]].

An info is found in the review article that said, as reportedly said by [[M. V. Rajamma]], that there were clashes between Chinnappa and Tandon during the shooting of the film and it was rumoured that the actor slapped the film maker.<ref name=hindu />

==Soundtrack==
Music was composed by [[Papanasam Sivan]] who also penned the lyrics. There were 25 songs in the film<ref name=hindu /> and some are available as 78 rpm records now. The available songs are sung by [[P. U. Chinnappa]].

==Reception==
Writing in [[the Hindu]] review article in 2010, [[Randor Guy]] says the film is remembered for "Chinnappa's performance and Tandon's deft direction."

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Hindu mythological films]]
[[Category:Films based on the Mahabharata]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]

Yayathi - Revision history

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