Synopsis
Dhaasippen is a 1943 Tamil-language film directed by Ellis R. Dungan and produced by Bhuvaneswai Pictures.
The lead actors in the film are T. R. Mahalingam, M. G. Ramachandran, R. Balasaraswathi, and V. K. Dass.
The musical score for the film was composed by Lalitha Venkatraman and S. Rajeswara Rao.
The story revolves around a young devadasi who is pressured by her family to marry a lustful zamindar, but instead wishes to marry her lover devoted to Lord Shiva.
The film is based on a folk tale about a girl becoming a devadasi and dedicating her life to worshipping Lord Shiva, refusing the traditional path of marrying a man.
