''Kaadu'' or ''The Jungle'' is a 1952 Indian-American aventure film directed by

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(The Modern Theatres Ltd) & William Berke Production. It stars Rod Cameron,

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and M.N. Nambiar in lead roles. The film was the first science fiction film in India. ''Kaadu'' was released on 1 August 1952.

Plot

A great white hunter and an Indian princess trek into the Indian

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to investigate a number of wild animal stampedes which have resulted in the deaths of many people. On their journey, they discover a herd of prehistoric woolly

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s are responsible for the terror.

Cast

* Rod Cameron as Steve Bentley *

as Rama Singh *

as Princess Mari * Sulochana as Aunt Sumira * M. N. Nambiar as Mahaji * David Abraham as Prime Minister *Ramakrishna as Babu *Chitra Devi as Dancer

Critical reception

Writing in

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, author and critic Hal Erickson described the film as "lots of lovely scenery and fascinating glimpses of Indian wildlife, but not much in the way of plot".

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* 1950s multilingual films 1950s science fiction adventure films 1950s Tamil-language films Films scored by G. Ramanathan 1952 films American black-and-white films American multilingual films American science fiction adventure films Films set in India Indian black-and-white films Indian multilingual films Indian science fiction films Indian-American films Lippert Pictures films 1950s American films {{1950s-Tamil-film-stub

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