Maya Machhindra
Maya Macchindra also titled alternatively as Alakh Niranjan is the title of various number of films produced in different languages in India. The story is based on the life of Matsyendranath or Machindranath one of the eighty-four Mahasiddhas, tantric yogic master and the founder of nath lineage, and his famous disciple, baba Gorakhnath.
1932 Marathi/Hindi film[edit]
Maya Machhindra is a 1932 Marathi/Hindi black-and-white film, produced by Prabhat Films, directed by Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre.[1] The film is based on Mani Shankar Trivedi's play Siddhasansar with music scored by Govindrao Tembe.
Cast[edit]
- Govindrao Tembe—Machhindranath
- Durga Khote—Queen
- Master Vinayak—Gorakh
- Baburao Pendharkar
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Production[edit]
Maya Machhindra was a popular legend in ancient India and Tibet about tantric masters, and was made into a movie in more than one language six times. The first version was in Hindi, made by Marathi in 1932, soon after India’s first sound film Alam Ara was made in 1931. The film was produced and directed by Vankudre (for V.) Shantaram. Govinda Rao Tembe, played Machindranath. His disciple Gorakhnath was played by Vinayak, and the queen was played by Durga Khote.
1939 Tamil film[edit]
| Maya Machindra | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Raja Chandrasekhar |
| Starring | M. K. Radha M. B. Radha Bai M. G. Ramachandran N. S. Krishnan T. A. Madhuram M. G. Chakrapani |
| Music by | Papanasam Sivan |
Production company | Metropolitan Pictures |
Release date | 22 April 1939 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
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Maya Machindra is a Tamil language film, scripted by Lakshmana Das. The title role was essayed by M.K. Radha. The film was released in 1939 and had a successful run.[2]
Cast[edit]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| M. K. Radha | Machindran |
| M. R. Krishnamurthi | Gorakhnath |
| M. G. Ramachandar | Sooryakethu |
| M. B. Radha Bai | Oormila Devi |
| Saradha | Mouninath |
| T. V. Janakam | |
| N. S. Krishnan | |
| T. A. Mathuram | |
| M. G. Chakrapani | |
| P. G. Venkatesan | |
| K. S. Sankara Iyer | |
| T. M. Pattammal | |
| Saroja Ratnavali | |
| Ramalakshmi | |
| L. Chandrika | |
| K. Soundaram | |
| Sundari | |
| K.S. Velayudham | |
| V. Nataraj |
1945 Telugu film[edit]
| Maya Machhindra | |
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| Directed by | P. Pullaiah |
| Starring | Jandhyala Gaurinatha Sastry Addanki Srirama Murthy Kannamba Satyajeet |
| Music by | B. Narasimha Rao |
Release date | 1945 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
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Maya Machhindra is a 1945 Telugu language film directed by P. Pullaiah.[3]
Cast[edit]
- Jandhyala Gaurinatha Sastry
- Addanki Srirama Murthy
- Kannamba
- K. Malathi
- Satyajeet
- Krishna Murthy
1975 Telugu Film[edit]
| Maya Maschindra | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Babubhai Mistry |
| Produced by | Pinjala Subba Rao |
| Written by | Gabbita Venkata Rao (story / dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Babu Bhai Mistry |
| Starring | N. T. Rama Rao Vanisri |
| Music by | Satyam |
| Cinematography | K. S. Prasad |
| Edited by | Kanda Swamy |
Production company | P. S. R. Pictures[4] |
Release date |
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Running time | 138 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
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Maya Maschindra is a 1975 Telugu language film produced by Pinjala Subba Rao and directed by Babu Bhai Mistry.[5]. It was also dubbed into Hindi.
Cast[edit]
- N. T. Rama Rao as Lord Vishnu / Maya Machhindra
- Vanisri as Goddess Lakshmi / Tilottama Devi
- Ramakrishna as Lord Siva / Ghoraknath
Hindi movies[edit]
It was made into Bollywood film in 1950 as Alakh Niranjan, and Maya machhindra in 1951, starring Trilok Kapoor and Nirupa Roy, in 1960 starring Manher Desai, Nirupa Roy. and in 1975 by Srinath Tripathi starring Abhi Bhattacharya.
1981 Gujrati movie[edit]
Allakh Niranjan is a 1981 Indian Gujarati film, directed by Jayant.K.Bhatt. The film stars Rita Bhaduri, Jayshree Gadkar , Jay Shree T, Ramesh Mehta, Shrikant Jani, Manhar Desai in lead roles. The film had musical score by Manik Patel.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Maya Machhindra" – via www.imdb.com.
- ↑ "Blast From The Past: Maya Machhindra (1939)". The Hindu. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ↑ "Maya Machhindra" – via www.imdb.com.
- ↑ "Maya Maschindra (Overview)". IMDb.
- ↑ Maya Maschindra 1975 Telugu movie on YouTube
