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Miss Kamala is a 1936 Indian Tamil language film written and directed by T. P. Rajalakshmi. It is based on her novel Kamalavalli. The film stars Rajalakshmi herself along with T. V. Sundaram, "Battling" C. S. D. Singh, V. S. Mani, T. P. Rajagopal and "Stunt" Rajoo. Miss Kamala was the first Tamil feature film to be directed by a woman film director. The film made Rajalakshmi the first female director in South India and the second in India. In addition to producing and directing the film, she wrote, edited and composed the music for the film. No print of the film is known to have survived, making it a lost film.