Director: T.R. Sundaram; Producer: T.R. Sundaram; Cinematographer: W.R. Subbarao; Editor: D. Durairaj; Cast: K.L.V. Vasantha, C. Honnappa Bhagavathar, Serukalathur Sama, K.K. Perumal, T.S. Balaiah, N.S. Krishnan, T.A. Madhuram, C.T. Rajakantham, Kali N. Ratnam, S.V. Sahasranamam, A. Dhasaratha Rao, S.R. Sando, V.M. Elumalai, M.E. Madhavan, T.R. Sundaram
Summary: Along with K. Subramanyam’s Manasamrakshanam (also 1944), one of the better- known Tamil war-effort films. Three Indian airmen are forced to land in Burma and eventually free the country from Japanese occupation with the help of an Indian resistance movement in the state. The plot revolves around Rani, an Indian girl in Burma who helps the airmen. T.R. Sundaram played the part of a Japanese commander made-up to look like Hitler. The director of War Publicity in Madras, G.T.B. Havey, presided over the film’s premiere.
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