film ( Kalidas) (1931) -{First Tamil language sound film with hindi-- film’s hero (Srinivasa Rao) speaks and sings in Telugu and the heroine (T.P. Rajyalakshmi) delivers her dialogue in Tamil and rendered a Thyagaraya krithi in Telugu and L.V. Prasad who played a cameo spoke in Hindi }
- Kalidas
- Release date: October 31, 1931 (India)
- Genres: Drama, Musical, Historical drama, Musical Drama
Director:
H.M. ReddyWriter:
Baskaradas (lyrics)Cast
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Rajkumari Nidhyadhari
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Thevaram Rajambal |
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Sushila Devi |
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P.G. Venkatesan
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Kalidas
M.S. Sabthanalakshmi
L.V. Prasad>>
Storyline
The Maharaja of Thejavathi has a snobbish daughter, Vidhyakumari, of
marriageable age. One of his court ministers' would like her to be his
daughter-in-law, but she refuses, and her wrath knows no end when she is
tricked into marrying a lowly, naive, and illiterate youth. How will
she adjust to life and continue being a Rajkumari constitutes the rest
of the story. Written by
rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
Plot Summary
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Kalidas tells the story of the Fourth Century CE Classical Sanskrit poet Kālidāsa. Kalidas (P.G. Venkatesan) is an illiterate goat herd. Princess Vidhyadhari(T.P. Rajalakshmi) is tricked into marrying him by her father's minister. She prays to Goddess Kali for help and Kalidas is granted with knowledge and literary talent
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WIKIPEDIA
Pre-release ad for Kalidas
Prior to release, Kalidas was certified with a "U" certificate from the Indian Censor Board.[5] The film was released in Madras Kinema Central (currently Murugan talkies) on 31 October 1931. It was a big hit as it was a novelty. Produced at the cost of 
8000, the film grossed over 75000.[5]
When the film reels were brought to Madras, thousands gathered at
Madras central railway station and followed the reel box to Kinema
Central. Crowds showered rose petals, broke coconuts and burnt incense
in the procession of the reels of the film, all along Walltax Road from
the railway station[9][15] The Tamil magazine Sudesamitran wrote a favourable review for Kalidas on 29 October 1931 even before the film was released, calling it a "must watch" for all.[5]
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First Tamil language sound feature. See more »Kalidas (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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September 9, 2012
There are newspaper reviews and advertisements to prove the first Tamil talkie,
Kalidas
, was released on October 31, 1931, but there is no such proof about the
first Telugu talkie.
The veteran Telugu film-maker, H.M. Reddy, was
commissioned by Ardeshir Irani to direct the first Tamil talkie, and
this fact might have led some inventive Telugu film personality to
presume that he (H.M. Reddy) must have made the Telugu talkie first and
then the Tamil movie,
Kalidas
.
Though
Kalidas
was hailed as the first Tamil talkie, in which the film’s hero
(Srinivasa Rao) speaks and sings in Telugu and the heroine (T.P.
Rajyalakshmi) delivers her dialogue in Tamil and rendered a Thyagaraya
krithi in Telugu and L.V. Prasad who played a cameo spoke in Hindi, it
was not considered a true Tamil talkie by some diehard Tamil film
critics.
They consider
Sampoorna Harischandra
, released on April 9, 1932, as the first full-length Tamil talkie. Even
The Hindu
, a day before the film’s release, reviewed it as the “first Tamil talkie. And funnily the advertisement of
Kalidas
carried that it is the first Tamil-Telugu talkie.”
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WIKIPEDIAProduction
After producing India's first talkie film Alam Ara in 1931, Ardeshir Irani made many talkies in the same sets at Mumbai. In the same year Bhakta Prahlada, the first Telugu talking film and Kalidas were made in the sets of Alam Ara. The characters of the film spoke a variety of languages including Tamil (Princess Vidhyadhari), Telugu (Kalidas, Naradhar) and Hindi (Temple priest).[7][8] The sound recording was done using the Vitaphone process, by German technicians using German equipment.[9] This film was produced under the banner of "Imperial Movie-Tone". Filming was completed in eight days. L. V. Prasad (who later founded Prasad Studios), acted in this film as a temple priest, he also acted in Alam Ara and Bhaktha Prahaladha, earning the rare distinction of appearing in all three first talkie films of India. P. G. Venkatesan was chosen to play the title role.[5] T. P. Rajalakshmi who played the heroine, also sang two keertanas, two patriotic songs and performed a kurathi dance.[10]Music
The film had around fifty songs in Tamil and Telugu.[11] Amongst them were the patriotic rattinamam Gandhi kai banamam[12] and indhiyargal nammavarkkul eno veen sandai.[5] Some of the songs even featured the nationalist slogan Vande Mataram[13] and one featured the hero singing songs on Gandhi while spinning the Charkha in prison.[14] The lyrics for the songs were written by Madhura kavi Bhaskara Das. The songs Gandhi Kai Baanamaam and Manmada Baanamadaa...Maarinil payuthadaa were sung by Rajalakshmi herself. As of October 2011, no song-book of the film is known to exist.[5]Reception
8000, the film grossed over 75000.[5]
When the film reels were brought to Madras, thousands gathered at
Madras central railway station and followed the reel box to Kinema
Central. Crowds showered rose petals, broke coconuts and burnt incense
in the procession of the reels of the film, all along Walltax Road from
the railway station[9][15] The Tamil magazine Sudesamitran wrote a favourable review for Kalidas on 29 October 1931 even before the film was released, calling it a "must watch" for all.[5]Legacy
Kalidas was remade with different star cast namely Kaviratna Kalidas (1937) and Mahakavi Kalidas (1955), both were critically appreciated and commercially successful. Additionally, the film became a trendsetter for talkies in Tamil cinema. Kalidas was the only Tamil film to be produced in and released 1931, thus it created history. No print or gramophone record[5] of the film is known to have survived, making it a lost film.[16]The little-known American who directed Tamil film's earliest hits..
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