Samboorna Harichandra (1932)
- Original title
- Harichandra
- Directed by
- Sarvottam Badami
- Genre
- mythology
- Country
- British Raj
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A legendary king named Harishchandra loses his kingdom and family because he refuses to break his promises and his commitment to truth. The film follows his suffering as he stays honest through great hardship.
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What happens
Harishchandra is a 1932 Tamil mythological film directed by Raja Chandrasekhar and Sarvottam Badami for Sagar Movietone. T.C. Vadivelu Naicker is another name cited as an earlier co-director. The film was the third Tamil talkie produced. The first Tamil talkie was Kalidas (1931), produced by Imperial Movietone and directed by H. M. Reddy. The second Tamil sound film was Galava Rishi, produced by Sagar Movietone and directed by Sarvottam Badami. The cast included Nungambakkam Janaki and Rukmini. The film was inspired by the first Indian film Raja Harishchandra, and involved the story of the legendary King Harishchandra, who in the process of sticking to his principles of honesty and keeping his vows made, suffers through loss of kingdom, family, and penury. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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