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Seeta (1934)

Seeta poster
Directed by
Debaki Bose
Genre
drama
Country
British Raj
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film retells a story from the Ramayana, focusing on the characters of Rama and Sita. It depicts their life in exile and the kidnapping of Sita by the demon king Ravana.

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What happens

Seeta was a 1933 Indian talkie Bengali film, directed by Debaki Bose and produced by the East India Film Company. It won an honorary diploma in the 2nd Venice International Film Festival in 1934, becoming the first Indian talkie to be shown at an international film festival. The film starred Gul Hamid, Prithviraj Kapoor as Rama, Durga Khote as Sita and Trilok Kapoor as Lava. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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