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{{Short description|1952 film by William A. Berke}}
{{About|the 1952 film||Kaadu (disambiguation){{!}}Kaadu}}
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{{Infobox film
| name     = Kaadu (The Jungle) 
| image    = Kaadu the jungle.jpg
| alt      =
| caption  = American poster
| director = [[William Berke]]<br>[[Ellis Dungan]]
| producer = [[T. R. Sundaram]] ( [[Modern Theatres|The Modern Theatres Ltd]])<br />[[William Berke]] <br />[[Ellis Dungan]] <br />[[Robert L. Lippert]]
| story    = 
| starring = [[Rod Cameron (actor)|Rod Cameron]]<br />[[Cesar Romero]]<br />[[Marie Windsor]]<br />[[M. N. Nambiar]]
| music    = [[G. Ramanathan]]
| cinematography = [[Clyde De Vinna]]
| editing  = '''''L. Balu'''''
| studio   = [[Modern Theatres|The Modern Theatres Ltd]]
| distributor = [[Lippert Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1952|08|01}}
| runtime = 73 min
| country = India<br />United States
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br />[[Cinema of the United States|English]]
| budget = 
| gross =
}}
'''''Kaadu''''' or '''''The Jungle''''' is a 1952 Indian-American [[science fiction film]] directed by [[William Berke]]. Mr. [[T. R. Sundaram]] (The Modern Theatres Ltd) & William Berke Production. It stars [[Rod Cameron (actor)|Rod Cameron]], [[Cesar Romero]], [[Marie Windsor]] and [[M.N. Nambiar]] in lead roles. The film was the first science fiction film in India. ''Kaadu'' was released on 1 August 1952.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sciencefictionlab.lcc.gatech.edu/subTopicIndia.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-01-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070712094252/http://sciencefictionlab.lcc.gatech.edu/subTopicIndia.html |archive-date=12 July 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.computercrowsnest.com/sfnews2/03_sept/news0903_3.shtml |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-01-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210075746/http://www.computercrowsnest.com/sfnews2/03_sept/news0903_3.shtml |archive-date=10 February 2007 }}</ref>

==Plot==
A great white hunter and an Indian princess trek into the Indian [[jungle]] to investigate a number of wild animal stampedes which have resulted in the deaths of many people. On their journey, they discover a herd of prehistoric woolly [[mammoth]]s are responsible for the terror.

==Cast==
*[[Rod Cameron (actor)|Rod Cameron]] as Steve Bentley
*[[Cesar Romero]] as Rama Singh
*[[Marie Windsor]] as Princess Mari
*[[Ruby Mayer|Sulochana]] as Aunt Sumira
*[[M. N. Nambiar]] as Mahaji
*[[David Abraham (actor)|David Abraham]] as Prime Minister
*Ramakrishna as Babu
*Chitra Devi as Dancer

==Critical reception==
Writing in [[Allmovie]], author and critic [[Hal Erickson (author)|Hal Erickson]] described the film as "lots of lovely scenery and fascinating glimpses of Indian wildlife, but not much in the way of plot".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Erickson |first1=Hall |title=The Jungle (1952) |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-jungle-v26752 |publisher=AllMovie |access-date=2022-03-08}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Science fiction films in India]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|tt0044778|The Jungle}}

{{Modern Theatres}}
{{T. R. Sundaram}}
{{William Berke}}

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