Maya Machhindra

Maya Macchindra, also titled alternatively as Alakh Niranjan, is the title of various number of films produced in different languages in India. The story is based on the life of Matsyendranath or Machindranath one of the eighty-four Mahasiddhas, tantric yogic master and the founder of nath lineage, and his famous disciple, baba Gorakhnath.

1932 Marathi/Hindi film[]

Maya Machhindra is a 1932 Marathi and Hindi black-and-white film, produced by Prabhat Films, directed by Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre.^[1][2] The film is based on Mani Shankar Trivedi's play Siddhasansar with music scored by Govindrao Tembe.

Cast[]

• Govindrao Tembe—Machhindranath
• Durga Khote—Queen
• Master Vinayak—Gorakh
• Baburao Pendharkar

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Production[]

Maya Machhindra was a popular legend in ancient India and Tibet about tantric masters, and was made into a movie in more than one language six times. It was first made in Marathi and Hindi in 1932, soon after India’s first sound film Alam Ara was made in 1931. The film was produced and directed by Vankudre (for V.) Shantaram. , played Machindranath. His disciple Gorakhnath was played by Vinayak, and the queen was played by Durga Khote.

1939 Tamil film[]

Maya Machindra
Directed by	Raja Chandrasekhar
Starring	M. K. Radha M. B. Radha Bai M. G. Ramachandran N. S. Krishnan T. A. Madhuram M. G. Chakrapani
Music by	Papanasam Sivan
Production company	Metropolitan Pictures
Release date	22 April 1939
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Maya Machindra is a Tamil language film, scripted by Lakshmana Das. The title role was essayed by M.K. Radha. The film was released in 1939 and had a successful run.^[3]

Cast[]

Actor	Role
M. K. Radha	Machindran
M. R. Krishnamurthi	Gorakhnath
M. G. Ramachandar	Sooryakethu
M. B. Radha Bai	Oormila Devi
Saradha	Mouninath
T. V. Janakam
N. S. Krishnan
T. A. Mathuram
M. G. Chakrapani
P. G. Venkatesan
K. S. Sankara Iyer
T. M. Pattammal
Saroja Ratnavali
Ramalakshmi
L. Chandrika
K. Soundaram
Sundari
K.S. Velayudham
V. Nataraj

1945 Telugu film[]

Maya Machhindra
Directed by	P. Pullaiah
Starring	Kannamba Satyajeet
Music by
Release date	1945
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Maya Machhindra is a 1945 Telugu language film directed by P. Pullaiah.^[4]

Cast[]

• Jandhyala Gaurinatha Sastry
• Addanki Srirama Murthy
• Kannamba
• K. Malathi
• Satyajeet
• Krishna Murthy

1975 Telugu Film[]

Maya Maschindra
Directed by	Babubhai Mistry
Written by	Gabbita Venkata Rao (story / dialogues)
Screenplay by	Babu Bhai Mistry
Produced by	Pinjala Subba Rao
Starring	N. T. Rama Rao Vanisri
Cinematography	K. S. Prasad
Edited by	Kanda Swamy
Music by	Satyam
Production company	P. S. R. Pictures[5]
Release date	9 July 1975 (1975-07-09)
Running time	138 mins
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Maya Maschindra is a 1975 Telugu language film produced by Pinjala Subba Rao and directed by Babu Bhai Mistry.^[6] It was also dubbed into Hindi.

Cast[]

• N. T. Rama Rao as Lord Vishnu / Maya Machhindra
• Vanisri as Goddess Lakshmi / Tilottama Devi
• Ramakrishna as Lord Siva / Ghoraknath

Hindi movies[]

It was made into Bollywood film in 1950 as Alakh Niranjan, and Maya machhindra in 1951, starring Trilok Kapoor and Nirupa Roy, in 1960 starring , Nirupa Roy. and in 1975 by starring Abhi Bhattacharya.

1981 Gujrati movie[]

Allakh Niranjan is a 1981 Indian Gujarati film, directed by Jayant.K.Bhatt. The film stars Rita Bhaduri, Jayshree Gadkar , , Ramesh Mehta, Shrikant Jani, in lead roles. The film had musical score by Manik Patel.

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