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.
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M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar
Self (archive footage)
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Haridas
Thiruneelakantar
Ellis R. Dungan
Self (archive footage)
MK Thyagaraja Bhagavathar
Self (archive footage)
Teesha Cherian
Karan Bali
Alex Anthony
P. K. Nair
Self
Radha Viswanathan
Self
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Meera
Sakuntalai
M. S. Subbulakshmi
Self (archive footage)
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Sevasadanam
Meera
Radha
Radha
MS Subbalakshmi
Self (archive footage)
Karan Bali Director · Teesha Elizabeth Cherian Writer Irene Dhar Malik Editor
Budget $1.5M · First release December 1, 2013 · Produced in India
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$1,500,000
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India
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English
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English · Tamil
Release dates
India · December 1, 2013
Premiere · LV Prasad Film and TV Academy auditorium, Chennai
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