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{{short description|1931 film}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Chandrasena
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| director = [[V. Shantaram]]<br>Keshavrao Dhaiber
| producer = [[Prabhat Film Company]]
| writer =
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Lilavati Pendharkar|Gulbbai|G. R. Mane|Kamla}}
| music =
| cinematography = Keshavrao Dhaiber
| editing =
| distributor =
| studio = Prabhat Film Company
| released = {{film date|1931}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = [[Silent film]]<br/>[[Marathi language|Marathi]] [[intertitle]]s
| budget =
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'''''Chandrasena''''' is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1931|1931]] [[Indian cinema|Indian]] [[silent film]] directed by [[V. Shantaram]] and Keshavrao Dhaiber.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PA1994-IA30|access-date=22 February 2015|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-94325-7|page=2}}</ref><ref name="Garga2005">{{cite book|author=B D Garga|title=Art of Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ITAnAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT66|year=2005|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-81-8475-431-5|page=66}}</ref> The director of photography was Keshavrao Dhaiber.<ref name=citwf>{{cite web|title=Chandrasena|url=http://www.citwf.com/film58060.htm|website=citwf.com|publisher=Alan Goble|access-date=22 February 2015}}</ref> Produced under the banner of [[Prabhat Film Company]], the film brought the company into the "frontline" of film makers.<ref name="Verma2000">{{cite book|author=R. K. Verma|title=Filmography: silent cinema, 1913-1934|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=suFkAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=M. Verma|isbn=9788175252240}}</ref> The cast included Lila, "alias" Lilavati Pendharkar, who was making her debut with this film,<ref name="Verma2000">{{cite book|author=R. K. Verma|title=Filmography: silent cinema, 1913-1934|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=suFkAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=M. Verma|isbn=9788175252240}}</ref><ref name="DeepFocus">{{cite book|title=Deep Focus|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C0F2AAAAIAAJ|access-date=22 February 2015|volume=6-7|year=1996|publisher=Deep Focus}}</ref> with Kamla, Gulabbai and G. R. Mane.<ref name=citwf />

The film's story involved an episode from the epic [[Ramayana]].<ref name="ShantaramNarwekar2003">{{cite book|author1=Kiran Shantaram|author2=Sanjit Narwekar|title=V. Shantaram, the legacy of the Royal Lotus|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dfZkAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Rupa & Co.|isbn=9788129102188}}</ref> Ahiravan's wife, Chandrasena helps [[Hanuman]] to rescue [[Rama]] and [[Lakshmana]] from [[Patala]] and in the process defeat [[Mahiravana]]'s army.

The use of the trolley was made for the first time in Chandrasena.<ref name="SouthAsianCinema">{{cite book|title=South Asian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oeVkAAAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=South Asian Cinema Foundation}}</ref> The Prabhat company films, were cited to be of "high quality" even though their content was similar to others produced around the same time.<ref name="ShantaramNarwekar2003" />

==Cast==
* Lila
* Kamla
* Gulabbai
* G. R. Mane

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id =0390964 |title =Chandrasena (1931) }}

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[[Category:1931 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian silent films]]
[[Category:Prabhat Film Company films]]
[[Category:Films directed by V. Shantaram]]
[[Category:Indian adventure films]]
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[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films based on the Ramayana]]

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Chandrasena 1931 film - Revision history

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