Dhaasippen (1943)

Dhaasippen is a Tamil-language biography film from 1943 directed by Ellis R. Dungan, starring T. R. Mahalingam and M. R. Santhanalakshmi.

Dhaasippen, also Dhaasippenn (transl. Dancing Girl) is a 1943 Tamil-language film directed by Ellis R. Dungan and produced by Bhuvaneswai Pictures. The lead actors are T. R. Mahalingam and M. G. Ramachandran. The film was scored by Lalitha Venkatraman and S. Rajeswara Rao. The film has had two other titles: Jyothi Malar and Thumbai Mahatmyam. The film is based on a folk tale about a girl becoming a devadasi and dedicating her life to worshipping Lord Shiva and refusing to follow the traditional path of marrying a man. Dhaasippen performed well and became a box office hit. But no print of the film is known to survive, making it a lost film.

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