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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Desa Munnetram<br />
| image = Desa Munnetram.jpg<br />
| caption = Promotional poster<br />
| director = Mahindra<br />
| producer = Sarvotham Badhami<br />
| writer = N. R. Desai<br />
| starring = {{unbulleted list|Mathrimangalam Natesa Iyer|[[Kumari Rukmani|Baby Rukmini]]}}<br />
| music = [[Papanasam Sivan]]<br />
| studio = Sagar Movietone<br />
| released = 1938<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Desa Munnetram''''' ({{trans|Development of the Nation}})<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2319/stories/20061006000707900.htm |title=War relic |last=Baskaran |first=S. Theodore |date=2006 |work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |access-date=29 September 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170929073514/http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2319/stories/20061006000707900.htm |archive-date=29 September 2017 |author-link=S. Theodore Baskaran}}</ref> is a 1938 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film written and directed by Mahindra. Produced by Sarvotham Badhami, it stars Mathrimangalam Natesa Iyer and [[Kumari Rukmani|Baby Rukmini]]. The film, dealing with the issue of [[untouchability]], opened to critical acclaim and was commercially successful, however it is [[lost film|lost]].<br />
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== Production ==<br />
''Desa Munnetram'', a film dealing with the issue of [[untouchability]], was directed by Mahindra and produced by Sarvotham Badhami for Sagar Movietone, a [[Mumbai|Bombay]]-based company. Mathirimangalam Natesa Iyer, a [[Carnatic music]]ian, starred in the lead role of Murugan and [[Kumari Rukmani|Baby Rukmini]] played his eight-year old daughter Madhavi. The story and screenplay were by N. R. Desai, while the dialogues were written by A. N. Kalyanasundaram.<ref name="HINDU" /><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
''Desa Munnetram''{{'}}s soundtrack was composed by [[Papanasam Sivan]], and the lyrics were written by A. N. Kalyanasundaram. The song "Jaya Jaya Vandhe Matharam" attained popularity for its patriotic theme.<ref name="HINDU" /><br />
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== Reception ==<br />
''Desa Munnetram'' received critical acclaim and became a commercially successful venture. In 2011, film historian [[Randor Guy]], writing for ''[[The Hindu]]'', said the film would be "remembered for its thematic content, patriotic songs and the performances by Baby Rukmini and Natesa Iyer". No [[Release print|print]] of ''Desa Munnetram'' is known to survive, making it a [[lost film]].<ref name="HINDU" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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<ref name="HINDU">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Blast-from-the-past-Desa-Munnetram-1938/article13430576.ece|title=Blast from the past: Desa Munnetram (1938)|last=Guy|first=Randor|date=17 December 2011|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=29 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170929073646/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Blast-from-the-past-Desa-Munnetram-1938/article13430576.ece|archive-date=29 September 2017|author-link=Randor Guy}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1930s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1938 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
[[Category:Lost Indian films]]<br />
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