Bhaktha Naradar
Bhaktha Naradar is a 1942 Indian, Tamil language film directed by S. Soundararajan. The film stars Ranjan and Rukmini.
Plot
The film narrates the life story of Naradar, a travelling singer character popular in Hindu myth. Saraswathi, learns from her husband Brahma about Vishnu assuming the avatar of Narada. She desires to be his mother. Mohana, a devadasi, finds a baby girl in the bathroom and names her Kalavathi. Mohana grooms Kala to become an accomplished woman. The king wants to marry kala, but she turns him down. Mohana decides to marry Kala to the first person she meets at daybreak. Brahma, disguised as a sanyasi meets Kala and the marriage is performed at once! A divine baby is born, and named Narada! The king banishes the whole family. Narada wanders and gets hold of a veena, a musical instrument. The rest of the story deals with the many adventures by Narada and other mythological characters.Cast
The following list is adapted from the film's review article published in The Hindu.;Male cast
- Ranjan as Naradar
- Kothamangalam Subbu as Brahma
- T. E. Krishnamachari as Nalini's Guru
- Kothamangalam Seenu
- L. Narayana Rao
- M. V. Mani
- Murali
- Rukmini as Nalini
- Baby Jaya as Baby Naradar
- M. S. Vijayal as Saraswathi and Kalavathi
- T. N. Meenakshi as Mohana
- S. R. Vijaya
- M. S. Sundari Bai
- Kumari