| Name | : | Sundara Murthy Nayanar | |
| Release Date | : | 01-Jan-1937 | |
| Parent Category | : | History | |
| Format | : | 35MM | |
| Language | : | Tamil | |
| Rating | : | U |
The playback system came into existence in Calcutta during mid- 1930's and was used in Bengali and Hindi films. In Madras the famed trio of film pioneers, Muthuswami Iyer ( Murugadasa)- K. Ramnoth-A. K. Sekhar built a studio in Adayar, Madras named Kartikeya circa 1937 and the studio released ads in magazines of that day inviting producers to use the studio. And its facilities which, according to the ad, included a) miniature photography and b) playback system. The first film produced by the talented trio at this studio was " Sundaramurthy Nayanar" (1937). But there is no positive evidence to prove that songs in this film were pre-recorded or sung while shooting was in progress.
In "Sundaramurthy Nayanar''(1938), also shot at their studio, Ramnoth created film history with a scene that stunned and thrilled moviegoers. In what was truly a miracle, a torrent of paddy fell over the parched, famine-stricken land! The audiences cheered wildly in the movie houses and many burnt camphor as an offering to the gods! Some marvelled at how the scene was done! Ramnoth shot the scene with miniatures. It was the first time miniature photography was used in Tamil cinema.
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