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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Bhaktha Naradar<br />
| image = Naradar felicitated by friens and well wishers before leaving to NewDelhi.jpg<br />
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| caption = Naradar felicitated by friends and well wishers before leaving to New Delhi<br />
| director = S. Soundararajan<br />
| producer = S. Soundararajan<br />
| writer = <br />
| screenplay = <br />
| story = <br />
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| starring = [[Ranjan (actor)|Ranjan]]<br />[[Kumari Rukmini|Rukmini]]<br />[[Kothamangalam Subbu]]<br />[[Kothamangalam Seenu]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| music = '''Songs:''' [[Papanasam Sivan]]<br />'''Background music:'''<br />[[M. D. Parthasarathy]]<br />[[S. Rajeswara Rao]]<br />
| cinematography = [[B. S. Ranga]]<br />
| editing = <br />
| studio = [[Tamil Nadu Talkies]]<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1942|4|25|India}}<ref>[https://vellitthirai.com/movie/பக்த-நாரதர்/ பக்த-நாரதர்]</ref><br />
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| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
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'''''Bhaktha Naradar''''' is a 1942<ref name=anandan>{{cite book|url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1942.asp|title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru|trans-title=History of Landmark Tamil Films|publisher=Sivakami Publishers|author=Film News Anandan|authorlink=Film News Anandan|date= 23 October 2004|location=Chennai|language=Tamil|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170530081750/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1942.asp |archivedate=30 May 2017 }}</ref> Indian, [[Tamil language]] film directed by S. Soundararajan.<ref>{{cite book|authors=Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|publisher=Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998|page=581|url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf}} (Listed as Bhakta Naradar)</ref> The film stars [[Ranjan (actor)|Ranjan]] and [[Kumari Rukmini|Rukmini]].<ref name=hindu>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Bhaktha-Naradar-1942/article16216138.ece|title=Bhaktha Naradar 1942|last=Guy|first=Randor|authorlink=Randor Guy|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=31 July 2010|accessdate=4 December 2018|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20181204044355/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Bhaktha-Naradar-1942/article16216138.ece|archivedate=4 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
The film narrates the life story of [[Narada]]r, a travelling singer character popular in Hindu myth.<br /><br />
[[Saraswathi]], learns from her husband [[Brahma]] about [[Vishnu]] assuming the avatar of Narada. She desires to be his mother. Mohana, a [[devadasi]], finds a baby girl in the bathroom and names her Kalavathi. Mohana grooms Kala to become an accomplished woman. The king wants to marry kala, but she turns him down. Mohana decides to marry Kala to the first person she meets at daybreak. Brahma, disguised as a [[Sannyasa|sanyasi]] meets Kala and the marriage is performed at once! A divine baby is born, and named Narada! The king banishes the whole family. Narada wanders and gets hold of a [[veena]], a musical instrument. The rest of the story deals with the many adventures by Narada and other mythological characters.<ref name=hindu /><br />
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== Cast ==<br />
The following list is adapted from the film's review article published in ''[[The Hindu]]''.<ref name=hindu /><br />
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;Male cast<br />
*[[Ranjan (actor)|Ranjan]] as Naradar<br />
*[[Kothamangalam Subbu]] as Brahma<br />
*T. E. Krishnamachari as Nalini's Guru<br />
*[[Kothamangalam Seenu]]<br />
*L. Narayana Rao<br />
*[[M. V. Mani]]<br />
*Murali<br />
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;Female cast<br />
*[[Kumari Rukmini|Rukmini]] as Nalini<br />
*Baby Jaya as Baby Naradar<br />
*M. S. Vijayal as Saraswathi and Kalavathi<br />
*T. N. Meenakshi as Mohana<br />
*S. R. Vijaya<br />
*[[M. S. Sundari Bai]]<br />
*Kumari<br />
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== Production ==<br />
The film was produced by S. Soundararajan Aiyangar with his film name Soundararajan under his own banner Tamil Nadu Talkies. (It was much later that the State was named Tamil Nadu.) Ranjan (original name, Ramnarayan Venkataramana Sarma) played the role of Narada for the second time, the first being in ''Rishya Shringar'' the previous year. The film was produced at [[Gemini Studios]].<ref name=hindu /> This was the first film for [[B. S. Ranga]] as cinematographer.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/blast-from-the-past-nichaya-thamboolam-1962/article7164730.ece |title=Blast from the past: Nichaya Thamboolam 1962 |last=Guy |first=Randor |date=2 May 2015 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=4 December 2018 |author-link=Randor Guy}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
[[Papanasam Sivan]] penned the lyrics and composed the tunes. [[M. D. Parthasarathy]] and [[S. Rajeswara Rao]] set the background music using the Gemini Studios company orchestra.<ref name=hindu /><br />
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== Reception ==<br />
Writing in 2010, Film Historian [[Randor Guy]] said the film is "Remembered for the interesting story line and taut narration by the director."<ref name=hindu /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Hindu devotional films]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu mythological films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]</div>UpdateBot