| Draupadi Vastrapaharanam | |
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 A poster of Draupadi Vastrapaharanam (Thanavanikan Magazine 1935, Rangoon) | |
| Directed by | R. Padmanaban Raghupathi Surya Prakash |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Draupadi Vastrapaharanam was a 1934 Tamil-language film starring T. P. Rajalakshmi, V. A. Chellappa and Serukulathur Sama. The movie was directed by R. Padmanaban. Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema also credits Raghupathi Surya Prakash (R. S. Prakash) as the director. [1]
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