Parasakthi
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Parasakthi is a landmark 1952 Tamil film, noted for its powerful dialogues and social themes, which launched Sivaji Ganesan to stardom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Parasakthi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8667397 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Parasakthi Context triple: [Sivaji Ganesan, notableWork, Parasakthi]
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A.
Adi Parashakti
Adi Parashakti is the supreme, primordial goddess in Hinduism, revered as the ultimate reality and source of all other deities and creation.
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Goddess Sharada
Goddess Sharada is a revered Hindu deity of wisdom, learning, and the arts, venerated as a form of Saraswati and especially worshipped at the Sringeri Sharada Peetham in Karnataka, India.
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C.
Goddess Akilandeswari
Goddess Akilandeswari is a revered form of Parvati worshipped as the presiding mother goddess of the famous Jambukeswarar Akilandeswari Temple at Thiruvanaikaval in Tamil Nadu.
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D.
Ishta Devata
Ishta Devata is a Hindu spiritual concept referring to a devotee’s chosen personal deity for worship and meditation.
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E.
Bagalamukhi
Bagalamukhi is a Hindu goddess and one of the ten Mahavidyas, revered for her power to paralyze enemies and silence negative forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Parasakthi Target entity description: Parasakthi is a landmark 1952 Tamil film, noted for its powerful dialogues and social themes, which launched Sivaji Ganesan to stardom.
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A.
Adi Parashakti
Adi Parashakti is the supreme, primordial goddess in Hinduism, revered as the ultimate reality and source of all other deities and creation.
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B.
Goddess Sharada
Goddess Sharada is a revered Hindu deity of wisdom, learning, and the arts, venerated as a form of Saraswati and especially worshipped at the Sringeri Sharada Peetham in Karnataka, India.
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C.
Goddess Akilandeswari
Goddess Akilandeswari is a revered form of Parvati worshipped as the presiding mother goddess of the famous Jambukeswarar Akilandeswari Temple at Thiruvanaikaval in Tamil Nadu.
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D.
Ishta Devata
Ishta Devata is a Hindu spiritual concept referring to a devotee’s chosen personal deity for worship and meditation.
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E.
Bagalamukhi
Bagalamukhi is a Hindu goddess and one of the ten Mahavidyas, revered for her power to paralyze enemies and silence negative forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tamil-language film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Parasakthi (stage play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Pavalar Balasundaram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematography | S. Maruti Rao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
boosted popularity of Dravidian politics in Tamil Nadu
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influenced Tamil cinema dialogue style ⓘ |
| culturalStatus | landmark Tamil film ⓘ |
| dialoguesReflect | Dravidian ideology ⓘ |
| dialogueWriter | M. Karunanidhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Krishnan–Panju NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | AVM Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | P. V. Narayanan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | early 1950s Indian cinema ⓘ |
| filmDebutOf | Sivaji Ganesan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmIndustry | Kollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | theatrical feature film ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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social drama ⓘ |
| hasFilmPoster | Parasakthi poster ⓘ |
| language | Tamil ⓘ |
| launchedCareerOf | Sivaji Ganesan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActorRoleType | courtroom monologue-heavy performance ⓘ |
| musicBy | R. Sudarsanam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of social and religious orthodoxy
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powerful dialogues ⓘ strong social themes ⓘ |
| notableSceneType | courtroom drama ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Tamil ⓘ |
| politicalContext | Dravidian movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | A. V. Meiyappan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | AVM Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1952-10-17 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 190 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | M. Karunanidhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation | Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | World War II era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
S. S. Rajendran
NERFINISHED
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S. V. Sahasranamam NERFINISHED ⓘ S. V. Subbaiah NERFINISHED ⓘ Sivaji Ganesan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sriranjani Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Parasakthi Description of subject: Parasakthi is a landmark 1952 Tamil film, noted for its powerful dialogues and social themes, which launched Sivaji Ganesan to stardom.
Referenced by (1)
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