An American in Madras

6.8 2013 84 min
Documentary

Director Karan Bali's insight into a largely unknown slice of Tamil film history. American citizen Ellis R Dungan travelled to India in the 1930s. He intended to stay for six months, but he ended up living in Madras for…

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Director
Karan Bali
Writer
Teesha Elizabeth Cherian

Cast

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M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar Self (archive footage)
Ellis R. Dungan Self (archive footage)
P. K. Nair Self
Radha Viswanathan Self
M. S. Subbulakshmi Self (archive footage)

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