Jaganmohini (1951)

Jaganmohini is a Kannada-language film from 1951 directed by D. Shankar Singh, starring Harini and Prathima Devi.

Jaganmohini () is a 1951 Kannada film by D. Shankar Singh. It is about a seductress who falls in love with a prince and tries to steal him from his fiancée. It starred Harini who made her debut at the age of 14. Harini became the first Kannada heroine to wear a swimsuit on-screen. The movie was infamous for its censor problems. It became a box-office hit and had a 100-day run - the first Kannada film to run for hundred days. The movie ran for 25 weeks and was the highest-grossing movie at that time. B. Vittalacharya remade it in Telugu in 1978 as Jaganmohini, which also went on to be remade in Tamil in 1978.

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