• Keechaka Vadham (transl. The Extermination of Keechaka) is an Indian silent film produced, directed, filmed and edited by R. Nataraja Mudaliar. The first...
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    neighbourhood in Chennai, and Hollywood. The first Tamil silent film, Keechaka Vadham, was directed by R. Nataraja Mudaliar in 1918. The first Tamil talking...
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    the "Indian Film Company Limited" in Madras. In 1917, Mudaliar made Keechaka Vadham, South India's first silent film. Upon critical success of the film...
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    Indian language films. The first Madras production was Keechaka Vadham (The Destruction of Keechaka), produced and directed by R. Nataraja Mudaliar, who...
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  • books of the Indian epic Mahabharata. Rajyam and Rao felt that barring Keechaka Vadham (1916—1918) and Vijayadasami (1937), no other Indian film dared to...
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    film. The first Tamil and Malayalam films, also silent films, were Keechaka Vadham (1917–1918, R. Nataraja Mudaliar) and Vigathakumaran (1928, J. C. Daniel...
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    film in a South Indian language, R. Nataraja Mudaliar's Tamil film Keechaka Vadham, released in 1916. The first sound films in Tamil and Telugu were made...
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    for screening films which became popular in the early 20th century. Keechaka Vadham, the first film in South India was produced in the city and released...
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    co-authored with Vellanassery Vasudevan Moossath; probably lost work — Keechaka Vadham — Kaikottikalippattu; probably lost book — India Chakravarthi Yogakshema...
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    (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana). The first silent film in South India, Keechaka Vadham, was made by R. Nataraja Mudaliar in 1916. Mudaliar also established...
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