Sevasadanam

Sevasadanam (1938)

ஸேவாஸதனம்

An abused wife Sumathi is driven out of her house by husband and later forced into prostitution. Later she reforms her ways and devotes her life to running an institution for the children of prostitutes.

Date of release
1938-05-02
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
3h 30m
Genres
Drama
Director
K. Subrahmanyam

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Bazaar-e-Husn

Sevasadanam is a 1938 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by K. Subramanyam. It is one of the early Tamil films to be set in a contemporary social setting and to advocate reformist social policies. This was the first film for M. S. Subbulakshmi and the Tamil debut of Telugu actress S. Varalakshmi.

Production

After the success of Balayogini (1937), director Subramanyam was encouraged to make more socially oriented films. In 1938 he decided to make a film version of Premchand's novel Bazaar-e-Husn and bought the rights for ₹4,000 (worth ₹7.2 million in 2021 prices). While Balayogini was about the travails of widows, Sevasadanam dealt with domestic abuse, prostitution and women's liberation.

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