Veerapandiya Kattabomman(English: Kattabomman, the Brave Warrior) is a 1959 Tamil Film Directed ,Produced and distributed under the banner, Padmini Pictures by B R Panthulu featuring Sivaji Ganesan,Gemini Ganesan,Padmini,S Varalakshmi,Rahini,V J Ramasamy,Javar Seetharaman in the lead roles
The film was an adaptation of the play Kattabomman, performed by Sivaji Ganesan's troupe
Veerapandiya Kattabomman's premiere was held in London on 10 May 1959, and it had a wide release six days later.
The film's final length was 5,512 metres (18,084 ft).
It became a critical and commercial success and had a theatrical run of 175 days.
It was dubbed and released in Telugu as Veerapandiya Kattabommana in 1959 and in Hindi as Amar Shaheed in 1960.
In addition to winning the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil under the "Certificate of Merit" section, it was also the first Tamil film to receive international awards for Best Film, Best Actor, and Best Music Director at the 1960 Afro-Asian Film Festival in Cairo,Egypt
A digitally restored version of the film was released on August 21,2015.
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