Mathru Bhoomi (1939 film)

Mathru Bhoomi
Poster
Directed by	H. M. Reddy
Screenplay by	K. Subbarao
Story by	Dwijendralal Ray
Starring	T. S. Santhanam P. U. Chellappa A. K. Rajalakshmi
Music by	Papanasam Sivan
Production company	ALRM Company
Release date	29 October 1939 (1939-10-29)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Mathru Bhoomi is a 1939 Indian Tamil-language film directed by H. M. Reddy. It was an adaptation of the Bengali stage play Chandragupta by Dwijendralal Ray. ^{[1] [2]}

Plot

The film was based on Alexander's invasion of India, an allegory to the British conquest and occupation of India. ^{[3] [4]}

Cast

• P. U. Chinnappa
• T. S. Santhanam
• T. V. Kumudhini
• A. K. Rajalakshmi
• Kali N. Rathnam
• T. R. B. Rao
• P. Saradambal

Production

Mathru Bhoomi is an adaptation of the Bengali stage play Chandragupta . ^[4] The film was mounted on a record budget of ₹2 lakh {worth ₹34 crore in 2021 prices) and took 1 year to complete. P. S. Ramakrishna Rao, who went on to become a popular director in Telugu cinema, joined the film as an assistant director. ^[5]

In 1937, the Indian nationalist party the Indian National Congress defeated the pro-British Justice Party for the first time in the elections to the Madras Legislative Assembly and Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari was sworn in as the Chief Minister. As an immediate consequence of this change of guard, censorship was relaxed on Tamil films. Encouraged by the new government's policies, a few films were made glorifying the Indian independence movement and Indian national leaders of which Mathrubhoomi was one. ^[4]

References

1. Vamanan (29 April 2018). "Tamil cinema's bong connection". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
2. "1939 – மாத்ரு பூமி – ஏ.எல்.ஆர்.எம்.கம்பெனி" [1939 – Mathru Bhoomi – A.L.R.M. Company]. Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
3. Baskaran, S. Theodore (6 October 2006). "War relic". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 1 September 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
4. Guy, Randor (14 May 2010). "Mathru Bhoomi (1939)". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
5. Narasimham, M. L. (27 October 2013). "BRATHUKUTHERUVU (1953)". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 30 August 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2017.

External links

• Mathru Bhoomi at IMDb