Sakuntalai is the story of the mythological queen Shakuntala, whose tale is told in the Mahabharata and dramatised by Kalidasa in the play Abhijñānaśākuntalam.
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M. S. Subbulakshmi
Sakuntalai
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Sevasadanam
Meera
G. N. Balasubramaniam
Dushyanta
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Udayanan Vasavadatta
Bama Vijayam
Serugalathur Sama
Kanwa
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Nandanar
Pattinathar
Radha Viswanathan
Bharata
Also in
Meera
S. R. Kalyanasundaram
Saradwata
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T. A. Madhuram
Priyamvada
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Chandralekha
Mudhal Thedhi
T. P. S. Mani
Durvasa
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Ambikapathy
Sakuntala Bai
Anasuya
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K. Sarangapani
Madhavya
Also in
En Manaivi
Navarathiri
Golden Saradambal
Gouthami
Also in
Dasavathaaram
N. S. Krishnan
Also in
Chandralekha
Nallathambi
T. S. Durairaj
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Padikkadha Medhai
Ezhai Padum Paadu
Ellis R. Dungan Director · T. Sadasivam Writer Kalidasa Story
First release December 12, 1940 · Produced in India · Production Newtone Studios
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Royal Talkies
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Newtone Studios
Production
India
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Original title
சகுந்தலை
Original language
Tamil
Spoken on screen
Tamil
Release dates
India · December 12, 1940
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