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98                Stephen Putnam Hughes

       producing their own versions of these epic stories in their entirety
       (Ramayanam, 1932 and Srimath Mahabharatham 1936).
         However, it was more common for early Tamil mythological films to
       focus on particular episodes from the epics around which to base their




















































       Figure 4.1  Tamil film songbook cover for Srimath Mahabharatham (1936).
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