Sevasadanam

Sevasadanam or Seva Sadan Tamil is a 1938 Tamil film directed by K. Subramanyam . It is one of the early Tamil films to be set in a contemporary social setting and to advocate reformist social policies. This was the first film for M. S. Subbulakshmi.

Sevasadanam lit. The house of Service tells the story of an abused wife Sumathi M. S. Subbulakshmi who is driven out of her house by husband and into prostitution. Later she reforms her ways and devotes her life to running an institution for the children of prostitutes.Sevadanam was released onMay 1938. It was a critical and commercial success. Ananda Vikatan favourably reviewed the film onMay 1938 ........

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