Satyavadi Raja Harishchandra (1917)

Directed by

Dadasaheb Phalke

Genre

silent film

Country

British Raj

Runtime

16 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent film retells the myth of King Harishchandra, a Hindu ruler who gives up his kingdom and family to keep a promise made to a sage. It shows his sacrifices and personal loss. The story is about truth and honor.

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What happens

Satyavadi Raja Harishchandra (Marathi: सत्यवादी राजा हरिश्चंद्र; English: Truthful King Harishchandra) is a 1917 silent black and white Indian short film directed and produced by Dhundiraj Govind Phalke. The film is a shorter version of the first Indian feature film, Raja Harishchandra (1913), also directed and produced by Phalke. The intertitles used in the film were in Marathi language as the film was a silent film. The film is based on the mythological story of a Hindu King Harishchandra, the 36th king of the Solar Dynasty, who donated his entire kingdom and sold himself and his family to keep the promise given to the sage Vishvamitra in the dream. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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