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Sakuntalai is a film directed by Ellis Roderick Dungan with M.S.Subbulakshmi
Sakuntalai (1940)
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Add to a movie listSakuntalai (Tamil: சகுந்தலை) is a 1940 Tamil film directed by Ellis R. Dungan and starring M. S. Subbulakshmi and G. N. Balasubramaniam.
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Sakuntalai is the story of the mythological queen Shakuntala, whose tale is told in the Mahabarata and dramatized by Kalidasa in the play Abhijñānaśākuntalam.Actors
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