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Haridas is a film of genre Drama with M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar

Haridas (1944)

Haridas
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Length 1h57
Genres Drama,    Biography
Rating70% 3.526383.526383.526383.526383.52638

Haridas is a 1944 Tamil language film directed by Sundar Rao Nadkarni and starring M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, T. R. Rajakumari and N. C. Vasanthakokilam. It holds the record of being the first film to run continuously for 110 weeks at a single theatre. IBN Live included Haridas in its list of 100 greatest Indian films of all time.

Synopsis

Haridas (Thyagaraja Bhagavathar) is a vain individual who spends his life in luxury and lust ignoring his wife (Vasanthakokilam). But when his wealth is appropriated by a courtesan (T. R. Rajakumari), he realizes life's realities, reforms and spends the rest of his days serving his parents and God.

Actors

M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar

(Haridas)Thanjavur Ranganayaki Rajakumari

(Haridas' mistress)Nagapattinam Chandrashekhara Vasanthakokilam

(Haridas' Wife)'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan
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