Yayathi

Not to be confused with Yayati.

Yayathi is a 1938 Indian, Tamil language film directed by M. L. Tandon.^{[2][page needed]} The film featured P. U. Chinnappa and M. V. Rajamma in the lead roles.^[3]

Yayathi
Poster
Directed by	Manik Lal Tandon
Written by	Serukalathur Sama
Story by	Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar
Starring	P. U. Chinnappa P. B. Rangachari M. V. Rajamma
Cinematography	A. K. Sen Gupta S. C. Das
Music by	Papanasam Sivan
Production company	Mohan Movietone
Release date	17 December 1938 (1938-12-17) (India) [1]
Running time	177 mins.
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

The story was based on the life of a puranic king Yayati found in the Mahabharata's Adi Parva.

Cast

The list is compiled from the database of Film News Anandan^[1] and a review article by Randor Guy.^[3]

Male cast P. U. Chinnappa P. B. Rangachari C. S. Shamanna M. S. Subramania Bhagavathar M. S. Babu K. S. Harihara Iyer

Female cast M. V. Rajamma C. S. M. Sulochana T. S. Krishnaveni S. C. Gomathi Bai M. L. Rajambal

Production

The film was produced by Mohan Movietone of Madurai, and was directed by the Hollywood-trained filmmaker Manik Lal Tandon. The film was made in Calcutta.

An info is found in the review article that said, as reportedly said by M. V. Rajamma, that there were clashes between Chinnappa and Tandon during the shooting of the film and it was rumoured that the actor slapped the film maker.^[3]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Papanasam Sivan who also penned the lyrics. There were 25 songs in the film^[3] and some are available as 78 rpm records now. The available songs are sung by P. U. Chinnappa.

Reception

Writing in the Hindu review article in 2010, Randor Guy says the film is remembered for "Chinnappa's performance and Tandon's deft direction."