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''An American in Madras'' is a feature-length documentary film directed by Karan Bali. The film highlights American-born Ellis R Dungan's 〔http://www.upperstall.com/people/ellis-r-dungan〕pioneering contribution to the then-developing Tamil Film Industry in South India between 1935 and 1950.〔http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/B6VvAhkcW9bgldBjgkRroK/Documentary--An-American-in-Madras.html〕 〔http://www.mumbaimirror.com/columns/columnists/aseem-chhabra/An-American-in-Madras/articleshow/28406934.cms〕 〔http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/06/an-american-in-madras-traces-career-of-unlikely-pioneer-in-tamil-language-films/?_r=0〕 〔http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jul/09/india-us-new-wave-collaborative-cinema〕 〔http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/american-who-made-meera/article5558385.ece〕 〔http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140126/spectrum/entertainment1.htm〕 〔http://scroll.in/article/677763/The-little-known-American-who-directed-Tamil-film/〕 〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3279468/〕 〔http://m.newindianexpress.com/chennai/351205〕 〔http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Tamil-Box-Office’s-American-Hero/2014/08/26/article2397902.ece〕 〔http://www.frontline.in/arts-and-culture/dungan-the-director/article5492566.ece〕 〔http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?289436〕 〔http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/dungan-checks-in/1207116/〕 〔http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-two-wonderful-films-and-their-unusual-directors-1952254〕 〔http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/flashback-to-the-dungan-era/article5415453.ece〕 == Synopsis == The film primarily traces Barton born American Ellis R Dungan's years in South India from 1935-50. During this period he made quite a name for himself as a successful director in the Tamil film Industry. The great MG Ramachandran (MGR) was introduced in Dungan's debut film as well, ''Sathi Leelavathi (1936)'', and among the 13th feature films that Dungan directed, they include famed Carnatic singer MS Subbulakshmi's ''Sakuntalai (1940)'' and ''Meera (both in Tamil (1945) and Hindi (1947))''. Besides his feature filmmaking, Dungan also served the Madras Government as their official photographer during World War II and photographed many key moments around the Indian Independence movement. After leaving India in 1950, Dungan returned regularly to the country as an expert on the wildlife films and television serials made in India like ''Harry Black and the Tiger (1958'') and ''Tarzan Goes to India (1962)''. The film traces his entire Indian connection till 1994, when on what was to be his last trip to India. the Tamil film industry felicitated him for his pioneering contribution to its early development. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「An American in Madras」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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