Thyagabhoomi (1939)

Thyagabhoomi is a Tamil-language film from 1939 directed by K. Subramanyam, starring S. D. Subbulakshmi and Papanasam Sivan.

Thyaga Bhoomi (transl. Land of Sacrifice) is a 1939 Indian Tamil-language film directed and produced by K. Subramanyam. Starring K. J. Mahadevan and S.D.Subbalakshmi, the film was produced at the height of India's freedom movement and glorified Mahatma Gandhi and his ideals in no mean terms. The story for the film was based on a novel written by Kalki Krishnamurthy and was financed and distributed by S. S. Vasan before he created Gemini Studios. Thyagabhoomi became the only Indian film to be banned after release by the British government. The film's only existing print is now at an archive store in Pune.

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