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Bhaktha Kuchela (1936 film)

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Country
  
India

Director
  
K. Subramaniam

Language
  
Tamil

Bhaktha Kuchela (1936 film) Bhaktha Kuchela 1936 The Hindu

Release date
  
10 April 1936 (1936-04-10)

Bhaktha Kuchela is a 1936 classic film in Tamil language directed and produced by lawyer turned filmmaker K. Subramaniam) about the tale of friendship between the poor Brahmin Kuchela Papanasam Sivan who had 27 children and Lord Krishna (S. D. Subbulakshmi). Subramanyam cast Subbulakshmi in a double role as a male (Lord Krishna) and a female (Susheela, Kuchela's wife). Such casting was the first of its kind in Tamil film history and even Indian cinema.

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