Savitri (1937)

Directed by

Franz Osten

Genre

fantasy film

Country

British Raj

Runtime

2h 16m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman named Savitri marries Satyavan. When the god of death Yama takes Satyavan's life, Savitri pleads with him to bring her husband back.

mythologicalslow-burnromanticdevotionaldramaticpoeticfantasticalspiritual

What happens

Savitri is a 1937 Indian Hindi-language mythological film directed by Franz Osten. It was adapted from a story in the Mahabharata by Niranjan Pal, with dialogues by J. S. Casshyap. The cinematographer was Joseph Wirsching. Saraswati Devi composed the music. According to Garga, Savitri was the "only mythological" produced by Himanshu Rai for Bombay Talkies, who were known for making "realist reform dramas". Ashok Kumar and Devika Rani played the lead roles supported by Maya Devi, Saroj Borkar, Mumtaz Ali, and Sunita Devi. The film is based on an incident from the epic Mahabharata and tells the story of Savitri and Satyavan, played by Devika Rani and Ashok Kumar. Savitri persists in getting the god of death, Yama, to revoke her husband Satyavan's death. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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