# Barthruhari
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{{Short description|1944 film by K. Subramanyam}}
{{For|the 1944 Hindi film|Bhartrahari}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Barthruhari
| image = Barthruhari poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [K. Subrahmanyam](/source/K._Subrahmanyam)
C. S. V. Iyer
| producer = K. Subrahmanyam
| screenplay = Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam
| story =
| based_on =
| starring = [Serukalathur Sama](/source/Serukalathur_Sama)
[B. Jayamma](/source/B._Jayamma)
| narrator =
| music = V. S. Parthasarathy Iyengar
| cinematography = C.V. Ramakrishnan
| editing =
| studio = Kalaivani Films
Madras United Artistes Corporation[{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/bharthruhari-1944/article3339493.ece|title=Bharthruhari 1944|work=[The Hindu](/source/The_Hindu)|date=21 April 2012|access-date=31 May 2017|last=Guy|first=Randor|author-link=Randor Guy|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170531091613/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/bharthruhari-1944/article3339493.ece|archive-date=31 May 2017|url-status=dead}}]
| distributor = SIP
| released = {{film date|1944|4|13|df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Barthruhari''''' is a 1944 Indian [Tamil language](/source/Tamil_language) [historical drama](/source/historical_drama) film produced by [K. Subrahmanyam](/source/K._Subrahmanyam), who co-directed it with C. S. V. Iyer. The film stars [Serukalathur Sama](/source/Serukalathur_Sama) and [B. Jayamma](/source/B._Jayamma), with G. Pattu Iyer, [N. S. Krishnan](/source/N._S._Krishnan), [V. N. Janaki](/source/V._N._Janaki) and [T. A. Mathuram](/source/T._A._Mathuram) in supporting roles. Based on the life of the king [Bharthari](/source/Bharthari_(king)), it was released on 13 April 1944 and failed commercially.
== Plot ==
King [Barthruhari](/source/Bharthari_(king)) is married to 300 wives. He spends most of his time with the youngest of them and his most favourite, Pingala. The chief [groom](/source/Groom_(profession)) of the king's horses, Aswapaalan resorts to thievery to satisfy the needs of his mistress, Sundari. The people who were robbed complain to the king, who decides to find the culprit and punish him. Through sheer happenstance, Aswapaalan meets Pingala and both start having an [extramarital affair](/source/extramarital_affair) without the king's knowledge.
[Vikramaditya](/source/Vikramaditya)n, the king's brother, catches Aswapaalan one night and puts him in custody in Pingala's palace. To escape from the situation lest her affair with Aswapaalan is discovered, complains to Barthruhari that Vikramadityan tried to seduce her, which Vikramadityan denies. The king immediately banishes Vikramadityan without looking into the matter properly. Later, the king realises that his younger brother was telling the truth when he sees Aswapaalan and Pingala together. Shocked and aggrieved, he gives up his throne, brings Vikramadityan back and crowns him as the new king. Barthruhari then becomes a hermit and retires to the forest to do penance.[{{Cite news |date=13 April 1944 |title=Barthruhari |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19440413&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=22 March 2021 |work=[The Indian Express](/source/The_Indian_Express) |pages=3 |via=[Google News Archive](/source/Google_News_Archive)}}{{cbignore}}] The film received neither positive critical response nor commercial success, with the intimate scenes between Jayamma and Krishnan adversely impacting its box office performance.