Sati Leelavati

Sathi Leelavathi is a 1936 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed and co-edited by Ellis R. Dungan, written by Madras Kandaswamy Mudaliar and produced by A. N. Marudachalam Chettiar. It is based on S. S. Vasan's novel of the same name, which was serialised in the magazine Ananda Vikatan. The film has an ensemble cast, including M. K. Radha, T. S. Balaiah, M. G. Ramachandran, M. V. Mani, M. K. Mani, P. Nammalvar, T. N. Lakshmana Rao, M. R. Gnanambal, Santhakumari, M. S. Murugesan and N. S. Krishnan. In Sathi Leelavathi, Krishnamurthy (Radha), a wealthy Madras-based man is lured into drinking by his friend (Balaiah) and brings misery on himself. Believing that he murdered his other friend (Nammalvar) in a drunken stupor, Krishnamurthy flees to Ceylon to live as an anonymous labourer; his wife (Gnanambal) and daughter are reduced to poverty.