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Mahaveera Bheeman

1962 film

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ47087873 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mahaveera Bheeman is a 1962 Indian Tamil language film written and directed by S. A. Subburaman. Produced by M. L. Pathy under the banner Jaikumar Pictures, the film stars T. K. Bhagavathi, S. A. Ashokan and Jayashree. It is based on Bhima, a character from the Indian epic Mahabharata.

Cast

The following list was adapted from the book Thiraikalanjiyam Part 2.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by M. S. Gnanamani.

Editorial summary

“Mahaveera Bheeman” enters the record as 1962 film. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Mahaveera, Bheeman and film can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1962—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1962. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Mahaveera, Bheeman and film.
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“Mahaveera Bheeman” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Mahaveera, Bheeman and film provides the most credible route into that argument.

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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q47087873. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1962.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mahaveera Bheeman” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.