''Draupadi Vastrapaharanam'' was a 1934 Tamil-language film starring T. P. Rajalakshmi, V. A. Chellappa and

Serukulathur Sama Swaminathan Vaidyanathan (26 June 1904—11 January 1963), known by his stage name Serukulathur Sama, was an Indian stage and film actor who was primarily known for playing the role of the Hindu god Krishna in Tamil language Hindu mythological f ...

. The movie was directed by R. Padmanaban. ''Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema'' also credits Raghupathi Surya Prakash (R. S. Prakash) as the director.

Plot

The film is based on the episode of the dice game and the disrobing of Draupadi in the Indian epic ''

Mahabharatha The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; sa, महाभारतम्, ', ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India in Hinduism, the other being the '' Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the Ku ...

''.

Cast

* T. P. Rajalakshmi as Draupadi * V. A. Chellappa as Duryodhana * M. D. Parthasarathy as

Yudhishtra ''Yudhishthira'' (Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर, IAST: ''Yudhiṣṭhira'') is the eldest among the five Pandava brothers. He is mentioned in the ancient epic Mahabharata. He was sired by King Pandu of the Kuru Dynasty and his first ...

Krishna Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is one ...

References

External links

* * 1934 films 1930s Tamil-language films Films based on the Mahabharata Indian black-and-white films {{1930s-Tamil-film-stub