Ayodhyecha Raja (1932)

Directed by

V. Shantaram

Genre

drama film

Country

British Raj

Runtime

2h 32m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a story about the legendary King Harishchandra of Ayodhya. The sage Vishwamitra tests the king's truthfulness and honor through a series of extreme trials.

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What happens

Ayodhyecha Raja, literally "The King of Ayodhya", was the first Marathi talkie, released in 1932, directed by Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre. It is based on the puranic story of Raja Harishchandra of Ayodhya and his test by sage Vishwamitra, as recounted in Valmiki's epic, Ramayana. The film was also made as a double-version, Ayodhya Ka Raja (1932) in Hindi, making it the first double version talkie of Indian cinema, wherein Munshi Ismail Farogh wrote the Hindi dialogue, while screenwriter N.V. Kulkarni also did Marathi dialogue. India's first full-length feature film, Raja Harishchandra (1913), was also made on the same storyline. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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