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{{Infobox film<br />
| location = India<br />
| name = Mahatma Kabir<br />
| image = Mahatma Kabir 1947 film.png<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Advertisement for the film that appeared on ''[[The Indian Express]]'', 1947<br />
| director = [[R. Nagendra Rao]]<br />
| producer = <br />
| writer = <br />
| screenplay = <br />
| story = <br />
| starring = R. Nagendra Rao<br/>[[Subbaiah Naidu]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| music = S. Subbaraman<br />
| cinematography = <br />
| editing = <br />
| studio = Pragati<br />
| distributor = Tallam Pictures Circuit<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1947|10|24}}<br />
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| country = India<br />
| language = Kannada<br />
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'''''Mahatma Kabir''''' is a 1947 Indian [[Kannada]]-language film directed by [[R. Nagendra Rao]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha|first1=Ashish|last2=Willemen|first2=Paul|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|date=1999|publisher=British Film Institute|isbn=9780851704555|page=1994|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R0EOAQAAMAAJ}}</ref> He also stars in the lead role alongside [[Subbaiah Naidu]]. The film deals with [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s vision of [[Religious harmony in India|harmony between the Hindus and Muslims]]. It was set in the backdrop of the [[religious violence in India]] that took place after the [[Independence Day (India)|Independence from the British rule]].<ref name="ie">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_dI-AAAAIBAJ&pg=3961%2C3459282|title=Mahatma Kabir|date=8 November 1947|work=[[The Indian Express]]|page=8|accessdate=11 April 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[R. Nagendra Rao]]<br />
* [[Subbaiah Naidu]]<br />
* Lakshmi Bai<br />
* Kamalabai<br />
* M. G. Mari Rao<br />
* H. Ramachandra Shastry<br />
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==Reception==<br />
''[[The Indian Express]]'' called the film a "fine picture". The reviewer wrote, "The picture has [Rao's] best directorial touches in all the important sequences and the quality of photography, recording and costumes have aptly contributed for the good standard of the production." He further added, "Mr. Nagendra Rao deserves congratulations for his achievement in ably directing this in the most suitable way to tackle the present-day problems."<ref name="ie"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0263688}}<br />
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[[Category:1940s Kannada-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films about religious violence in India]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
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