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An American in Madras

12/01/2013

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1hr 24min

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Documentary

STORY

Director Karan Bali's insight into a largely unknown slice of Tamil film history. American citizen Ellis R Dungan travelled to India in the 1930s. He intended to stay for six months, but he ended up living in Madras for 15 years, where he directed many key films of the era. This documentary explores Dungan's life and the profound impact he had upon the fledgling Tamil film industry.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar
  • Ellis R. Dungan
  • P. K. Nair
  • Radha Viswanathan
  • M. S. Subbulakshmi

    Director

  • Karan Bali

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

LANGUAGES

  • Tamil
  • English

Cast

M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar

Himself (Archive footage)

P. K. Nair

Himself

Radha Viswanathan

Herself

M. S. Subbulakshmi

Herself (Archive footage)

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