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Mahadhevi is a film of genre Drama with M. G. Ramachandran

Mahadhevi (1957)

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Length 2h40
Genres Drama
Rating72% 3.608723.608723.608723.608723.60872

Mahadhevi (Tamil: மகாதேவி) is a Tamil language film starring M. G. Ramachandran and Savithri in the lead roles. The film was based on novel Punya Prabhav by R. G. Katkari, Kannadasan wrote screenplay and dialogues. The film directed by Sundar Rao Nadkarni. The film was super hit at box-office and ran for more than 125 days.

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