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Jun 26, 2012, 7:24:46 PM (12 years ago)

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+'''R. Nataraja Mudaliar (1885-1972)'''
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+Pioneer cineaste of South India born in Vellore.
+Initially in the cycle business (1906), then the
+car trade (1911). Apprenticed in 1912 to a Mr
+Stewart, the official cinematographer of Lord
+Curzon’s 1903 durbar. Set up India Film in
+Madras (1915) with a second-hand Williamson
+camera and finance from businessman S.M.
+Dharmalingam. The studio was set up in a
+makeshift space on Miller’s Road where he
+made Keechaka Vadham, intertitled in Tamil,
+Hindi and English. Reputed to have made an
+earlier film, Gopal Krishna. Draupadi
+Vastrapaharanam featured an Anglo-Indian
+actress, Violet Berry, as Draupadi. Made his
+other features, all mythologicals, around his
+home town of Vellore. In 1923, his studio burnt
+down and his son died, prompting him to
+retire.
+
+'''FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1915: Gopal Krishna; 1916:
+Keechaka Vadham; 1917: Draupadi
+Vastrapaharanam; 1918: Mayil Ravana; 1919:
+Lavakusa; 1920: Kalinga Mardanam; 1921:
+Rukmini Kalyanam; 1923: Markandeya.
+
+[[Production Design]]