Kaadu or The Jungle is a 1952 Indian-American aventure film directed by William Berke. Mr. T. R. Sundaram (The Modern Theatres Ltd) & William Berke Production. It stars Rod Cameron, Cesar Romero, Marie Windsor and M.N. Nambiar in lead roles. The film was the first science fiction film in India. Kaadu was released on 1 August 1952.[1][2]

Kaadu (The Jungle)
American poster
Directed by	William Berke Ellis Dungan
Produced by	T. R. Sundaram ( The Modern Theatres Ltd) William Berke Ellis Dungan Robert L. Lippert
Starring	Rod Cameron Cesar Romero Marie Windsor M. N. Nambiar
Cinematography	Clyde De Vinna
Edited by	L. Balu
Music by	G. Ramanathan
Production company	The Modern Theatres Ltd
Distributed by	Lippert Pictures
Release date	1 August 1952 (1952-08-01)
Running time	73 min
Countries	India United States
Languages	Tamil English

Plot

A great white hunter and an Indian princess trek into the Indian jungle to investigate a number of wild animal stampedes which have resulted in the deaths of many people. On their journey, they discover a herd of prehistoric woolly mammoths are responsible for the terror.

Cast

• Rod Cameron as Steve Bentley
• Cesar Romero as Rama Singh
• Marie Windsor as Princess Mari
• Sulochana as Aunt Sumira
• M. N. Nambiar as Mahaji
• David Abraham as Prime Minister
• Ramakrishna as Babu
• Chitra Devi as Dancer

Critical reception

Writing in Allmovie, author and critic Hal Erickson described the film as "lots of lovely scenery and fascinating glimpses of Indian wildlife, but not much in the way of plot".[3]

See also

• Science fiction films in India

References

External links

• The Jungle at IMDb

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