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Chapter 5The Empire of the Stage
Kurukshetra — The Golden Jubilee
For the company’s golden jubilee in 1934, Veeranna stages Kurukshetra at a cost of Rs. 30,000 — a 4,000-seat zinc pandal, elephants and chariots on stage, a six-hour show, forty continuous nights. Film distributors cancel screenings; they cannot compete.