Keechaka Vadham: Perbedaan antara revisi

| name = Keechaka Vadham

| image = Raja Ravi Varma, Keechaka and Sairandhri, Oleograph.jpg

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| director = [[R. Nataraja Mudaliar]]

| producer = R. Nataraja Mudaliar

| writer = C. Rangavadivelu

| starring = {{ubl|Jeevarathnam|R. Nataraja Mudaliar|Raja Mudaliar}}

| music =

| cinematography =

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| released = Januari 1916

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| country = India

| language = [[Film bisu]]

| budget = {{INR}}35000<ref name=PIONEER/>

| gross = {{INR}}50000<ref name=RANDOR/>

'''''Keechaka Vadham''''' ({{lang-en|''Menyembelih [[Keechaka]]''}}), yang secara alternatif disebut sebagai '''''Keechaka Vatham''''',<ref>{{cite book|title=Of Srirangam and Steam Engine Locomotives|url=http://unrulednotebook.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/asides-srirangam-steam-engine-full.pdf|author=Arunn Narasimhan|accessdate=25 November 2012|page=2|date=20 Oktober 2011|archive-date=2015-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918011022/https://unrulednotebook.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/asides-srirangam-steam-engine-full.pdf|dead-url=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Black and white films in Kollywood|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-02/news-interviews/31114286_1_tamil-cinema-tamil-film-white-films|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=25 November 2012|author=M Suganth|date=2 Maret 2012|archive-date=2013-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055001/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-02/news-interviews/31114286_1_tamil-cinema-tamil-film-white-films|dead-url=yes}}</ref> adalah sebuah [[film bisu]] [[sinema Tamil|Tamil]] 1916 yang diproduksi dan disutradarai oleh [[R. Nataraja Mudaliar]]. Film tersebut berdasarkan pada sebuah cerita pendek dari ''[[Mahabharata]]'', sebuah epik India. Film tersebut adalah film bisu pertama yang dibuat di [[India Selatan]].<ref name="PIONEER">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/05/09/stories/2002050900170300.htm|title=Remembering a pioneer|date=9 Mei 2002|accessdate=29 Juni 2011|author=Randor Guy|newspaper=The Hindu|archive-date=2003-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030701044553/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/05/09/stories/2002050900170300.htm|dead-url=yes}}</ref><ref name=GONE>{{cite web |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-05-01/news-interviews/28298903_1_short-film-feature-film-indian-film-makers |title=Gone Forever |publisher= [[The Times of India]] |date=1 Mei 2010 |accessdate=29 Juni 2011 |archive-date=2013-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210015457/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-05-01/news-interviews/28298903_1_short-film-feature-film-indian-film-makers |dead-url=yes }}</ref> Film tersebut melakukan pengambilan gambar selama lima minggu pada 1915 dan dirilis pada tahun berikutnya. Meskipun merupakan sebuah film bisu, para pemerannya diambil dari orang Tamil, sehingga film tersebut dianggap sebagai film Tamil pertama.<ref name="RANDOR">{{cite web | url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/09/07/stories/2009090750790300.htm | title=Metro Plus Chennai / Madras Miscellany : The pioneer‘Tamil’ film-maker | publisher=The Hindu | date=7 September 2009 | accessdate=29 Juni 2011 | author=S. Muthiah | archive-date=2009-09-12 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912035730/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/09/07/stories/2009090750790300.htm | dead-url=yes }}</ref> Film tersebut meraih kesuksesan dan sambutan yang meraih setelah dirilis,<ref name="STAMP">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2000/07/10/stories/09100224.htm|title=The stamp of honour|date=10 Juli 2000|accessdate=30 Juni 2011|author=Randor Guy|newspaper=The Hindu|archive-date=2013-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006131713/http://hindu.com/thehindu/2000/07/10/stories/09100224.htm|dead-url=yes}}</ref> namun tidak ada [[salinan perilisan|salinan]] yang dketahui masih ada sampai sekarang, sehingga film tersebut dianggap sebagai sebuah [[film hilang]].<ref name=GONE/>