Mathrubhoomi (1938 film)

Pre-production

In 1937, the Indian nationalist party the Indian National Congress defeated the pro-British Justice Party for the first time in the elections to the Madras Legislative Assembly and Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari was sworn in as the Chief Minister. As an immediate consequence of this change of guard, censorship was relaxed on Tamil films. Encouraged by the new governments policies, a few films were made glorifying the Indian independence movement and Indian national leaders of which Mathrubhoomi was one.

Plot

The film was based on Alexanders invasion of India, an allegory to the British conquest and occupation of India.