Somewhat interestingly, very few films have been made in this part of the country with the East India Company as the background.
Maheswari, produced by T. R. Sundaram of Modern Theatres, is one such.
Written by C.V. Sridhar, the film was directed by T. R. Raghunath. A younger brother of Raja Chandrasekhar, who directed the early films of M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, Raghunath began his career as an assistant sound recordist at Srinivasa Cinetone. In the evening of his life, he worked as the Director of the Tamil Nadu Films Division and Film Institute Department, when M. G. Ramachandran was the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. He passed away some years ago.
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Remembered for: the different theme, period sets and technical values of Modern Theaters, and good performaces by the leads.