Shantha Sakkubai was a 1939 Tamil film starring K. Aswathamma, Bannibai, K. Sarangapani, Kothamangalam Seenu, Kothamangalam Subbu

Kothamangalam Subbu

Kothamangalam Subbu , a noted Padmashri-award winning poet, lyricist, writer, actor and director from Tamil Nadu who authored the cult classic of Tamil novelThillana Mohanambal, later made into an enchanted movie...

, P. G. Venkatesan, S. S. Rajamani, K. Aranganayaki, T. S. Krishnaveni, M. A. Ganapathi Bhat and Sundar Rao Nadkarni

Sundar Rao Nadkarni

Sundar Rao Nadkarni was an Indian film actor, editor, cinematographer and director. He was the director of the record-creating Tamil film Haridas.- Early life :...

. The film was directed by acclaimed director Sundar Rao Nadkarni.

Production

The film was a devotional movie based on a Marathi folk tale. Most of the actors in the film were Kannada-speakers. The leading role was played by the Kannada actress Aswathamma. The music for the film was composed by Thuraiyur Rajagopala Sarma and the lyrics were written by Papanasam Sivan

Papanasam Sivan

Papanasam Sivan was a prominent composer of Carnatic music and a singer.A famous composer, Sivan was also known as Tamil Thyagayya. Using Classical South Indian as a base, Sivan created numerous hits popularised by M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar and M. S...

. Rajagopala Sarma appears in a Pandharpur

Pandharpur

Pandharpur is an important pilgrimage city on the Bhimā river in Solāpur district, Maharashtra, India. The Vithoba temple attracts about half a million Hindu pilgrims during the major yātrā in the month of Ashadh ....

festival sequence singing a bhajan. Sundar Rao Nadkarni too appears in the movie, singing and dancing an abhang.