Keechaka Vadham is an Indian silent film produced, directed, filmed and edited by R. Nataraja Mudaliar. The screenplay, written by C. Rangavadivelu, is based on an episode from the Virata Parva segment of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. Released in the late 1910s, it was commercially successful and received positive critical feedback.
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Keechaka Vadham is an Indian silent film produced, directed, filmed and edited by R. Nataraja Mudaliar. The screenplay, written by C. Rangavadivelu, is based on an episode from the Virata Parva segment of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. Released in the late 1910s, it was commercially successful and received positive critical feedback. No print of it is known to have survived, making it a lost film. The film was shot with a speed of 16 frames per second, which was the standard rate for a silent film at the time.
It was the first film to have been made in South India, and the members of the cast were all Tamils. It laid the foundation for the South Indian cinema industry and led to his being recognised as the father of Tamil cinema. His works were an inspiration to other filmmakers including Raghupathi Surya Prakasa and J. C. Daniel. The Tamil and Hindi intertitles were written by Sambandha Gandhi and Devdha Devdas, and were coached by the artists on set for the female roles on the stage for Suguna Vilasa Sabha.
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