Haridas (1944 film)
| Haridas | |
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| Directed by | Sundar Rao Nadkarni |
| Written by | Ilangovan |
| Produced by | Rayal Talkie Distributors |
| Starring | M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar T. R. Rajakumari N. C. Vasanthakokilam |
| Cinematography | Adi Irani T. Muthuswamy |
| Edited by | Sundar Rao Nadkarni |
| Music by | Papanasam Sivan G. Ramanathan |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Haridas is a 1944 Tamil language film directed by Sundar Rao Nadkarni and starring M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, T. R. Rajakumari and N. C. Vasanthakokilam.
It holds the record of being the second longest-running Tamil film at a single theatre for 784 days.First Being Chandramukhi running for a astounding 890 days proving Superstar Rajinikanth Stardom. IBN Live included Haridas in its list of 100 greatest Indian films of all time. The film was initially released in black and white with just one scene in colour, which was manually colored by studio technicians. The film was re-released with full colour in 1946. It was the last film of M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar before his two year imprisonment due to the Lakshmikanthan murder case.