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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Dambachary or Uthama Manaivi<br />
| image = Dumbachary 1935.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Film Poster<br />
| native_name =<br />
| director = M. L. Tandon<br />
| producer = A. N. Maruthachalam Chettiar<br />
| writer = Thiruvetriyur Kasiviswanatha Mudaliar<br />
| screenplay = <br />
| story = <br />
| based_on = {{based on|Dambachary Vilasam (play)|Thiruvetriyur Kasiviswanatha Mudaliar}}<br />
| starring = P. S. Rathna Bai<br />P. S. Saraswathi Bai<br />M. R. Krishnamurthi<br />
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| music = <br />
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| studio = Chellam Talkies<br />
| distributor = Chellam Talkies<br />
| released = 1935<ref name=anandan>{{cite book|url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1935-cinedetails11.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}}</ref><br />
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| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br />
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'''''Dambachary''''' ({{translation|a vain man}}) is a [[List of Tamil films of the 1930s|1935]] [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by Manik Lal Tandon. The film stars M. R. Krishnamuthi, P. S. Rathna Bai and P. S. Saraswathi Bai. P. S. Rathna Bai and P. S. Saraswathi Bai are well known as ''[[Palayamkottai]] sisters''.<ref name=hindu>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/dumbachary-1935/article4515876.ece |title=Dumbachary 1935 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=16 March 2013 |accessdate=2 March 2017 |last=Guy |first=Randor |authorlink=Randor Guy |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130910173931/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/dumbachary-1935/article4515876.ece |archivedate=10 September 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
The story is of a man who spends the wealth of his father on his mistress while neglecting his own wife. Later he realizes his folly and returns to a happy life with his wife.<ref name=hindu /><br />
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==Cast==<br />
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;Male cast<ref name="song book">{{Cite book |url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP689-27-1-6 |title=Dumbachary |publisher=Chellam Talkies |year=1935 |language=ta |type=[[song book]]}}</ref><br />
* C. S. Shamanna (in seven roles)<br />
* M. R. Krishnamurthi as Dumbachary<br />
* M. S. Raghavan as Clown<br />
* M. S. Murugesan as Clown<br />
* Rangasami Naicker on [[Harmonium]]<br />
* K. V. Naidu on [[Tabla]]<br />
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* P. S. Rathna Bai as Gunabhushani<br />
* P. S. Saraswathi Bai as Madanasundari<br />
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* Ragini Devi<br />
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==Production==<br />
After [[Talkie]]s were introduced in Tamil cinema, almost all the films produced were based on mythological stories. This is the first film based on contemporary life of the time. The film was produced in Pioneer Film Studios in Calcutta (now [[Kolkata]]) by Chellam Talkies as there were no studios located in [[Chennai]] during those early years of Tamil cinema.<ref name=hindu /><br />
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The writer, Thiruvetriyur Kasiviswanatha Mudaliar was a well-known [[playwright]] and he was also a member of the [[Brahmo Samaj]] movement. He also wrote on female education, widow marriage etc. He died in October 1871 aged 66. His play ''Dambachary Vilasam'' was staged several times repeatedly.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/brahmoyearbook00collgoog/brahmoyearbook00collgoog_djvu.txt|title=The Brahmo Year Book|accessdate=1 March 2017|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170301013351/https://archive.org/stream/brahmoyearbook00collgoog/brahmoyearbook00collgoog_djvu.txt|archivedate=1 March 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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The film had an alternate title ''Uthama Manaivi'' which means ''Ideal Wife''. It was commonplace those days to give an alternate title to a film.<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
Though the theme of the story was 'social', the film had as many as 38 songs like any other mythological story films of that time. Most of the artistes were Carnatic singers and the audience expected them to sing more rather than 'talk'. However, none of the songs in this film became popular.<ref name=hindu /><br />
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==Reception==<br />
The film is remembered for the story line and the remarkable performance by M. R. Krishnamurthi and the Palayamkottai sisters.<ref name=hindu /><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1935 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films based on plays]]<br />
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