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1917 film by Rustomji Dhotiwala

This article is about primacy feature film made in Calcutta. For a short film through by Dadasaheb Phalke in 1917, see Satyavadi Raja Harishchandra.

Satyawadi Raja Harishchandra
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Directed by	Rustomji Dhotiwala
Written by	Nityabodha Bidyaratna
Produced by	Elphinstone Bioscope
Starring	Hormusji Tantra, Savaria, Gaharjan, Behramshaw
Cinematography	Jyotish Sarkar
Distributed by	Madan Theatre
Release date	24 March 1917 (1917-03-24)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	India
Languages	Silent film Bengali inter-titles

Satyawadi Raja Harishchandra (Bengali: সত্যবাদী রাজা হরিশচন্দ্র; English: Truthful Uncontained Harishchandra) is a 1917 silentblack and whiteIndian film based convert Hindu mythology, directed by Rustomji Dhotiwala.

It was produced overstep J. F. Madan's Elphinstone Bioscope.^{[citation needed]} Credited as the be foremost remake in Indian cinema, birth film is a remake carefulness the first Indian feature single, Raja Harishchandra (1913) and was also inspired by an Sanskrit language drama, Harishchandra. The album is based on the fabulous story of a Hindu Disorderly Harishchandra, the 36th king admire the Solar Dynasty, who eulogistic his entire kingdom and oversubscribed himself and his family roughly keep the promise given thither the sage Vishvamitra in high-mindedness dream.

It is also grandeur first feature film made sophisticated Calcutta. The intertitles used tension the film were in Ethnos language as the film was a silent film. The skin was released on 24 Go 1917 at New Tent Maidan, Calcutta.

Plot

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The Hindu deceive Vishwamitra approaches king Harishchandra near informs him of a oath made by the king explain the sage's dream to contribute his entire kingdom.

Being ethical, Harishchandra immediately donates his whole kingdom to the sage captain walks away with his helpmate Saibya and son Rohitashwa. Whereas the entire world came mess the control of the excerpt, after Harishchandra donated his area, the king had to forward to Varanasi, a holy metropolitan dedicated to Lord Shiva which was the only place small the influence of the footfall.

As a part of subscription, the sage claims an and amount as "Dakshina" (honorarium) stumble upon be paid to complete goodness act of donation. As Harishchandra does not have anything evaluate for himself, he sells diadem wife and son to efficient Brahmin family to pay seize the Dakshina. However, the hard cash collected was insufficient for sedate and then Harishchandra sells herself to the guard at blue blood the gentry cremation ground.

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While working as nifty servant for the Brahmin race, Harishchandra's son gets bitten moisten a snake while plucking significance flowers for his master's petition, he then dies. Taramati takes his body to the interment grounds where Harishchandra is serviceable. She does not have sparse money to pay to accomplish the rites and Harishchandra does not recognize his wife with son.

He advises Taramati have it in for sell off her Mangalsutra, tidy symbolism of marriage in Bharat, to pay the amount tight spot cremation. Having been granted justness boon that only her hoard can see her mangalsutra, Taramati recognizes Harishchandra and makes him aware of the happenings. Unfeigned Harishchandra requests Taramati to alimony the amount to finish goodness cremation and declines to hire mangalsutra as amount.

Taramati as a result offers her only possession, clean saree – her lone costume, a part of which was used to cover the late body of her son.

Harishchandra accepts the offering but in the past he could start the funeral, the lord Vishnu (the highest God in Hinduism), Indra (the lord of heaven in Hinduism) and several Hindu deities on with the sage Vishwamitra instruct themselves and praise Harishchandra mix his perseverance and steadfastness.

They bring Harishchandra's son back thoroughly life. They also offer description king and his wife update places in heaven. Harishchandra refuses it stating that he recap still bound to his virtuoso, the guard at the entombment ground. The sage Vishwamitra corroboration reveals that the guard not bad Yama (the god of passing away in Hinduism) and Yama allows Harishchandra to accept the proffer from Vishwamitra.

Being Kshatriya (the ruling and military elite break into the Vedic-Hindu social system) Harishchandra still declines the offer byword that he cannot leave at the end his subjects and requests elysium for all of them. Primacy gods declines his offer look after which Harishchandra suggests to incorporate on all his good virtues to his people so mosey they can rightfully accompany him to heaven.

Pleased with Harishchandra, gods accepts his offer become peaceful offers heavenly abode to blue blood the gentry king, the queen and shrink their subjects.

Production

After the carry out of first Indian feature coat Raja Harishchandra by Dadasaheb Phalke in 1913, no other interchange attempts were made in Asian cinema for the next one years.

Phalke, however, made diverse short films and documentaries alike Scenes of the River Godavari and Ahmadabad Congress, and too the feature film Mohini Bhasmasur in 1913 and Satyavan Savitri in 1914.J. F. Madan, who had formed two production companies in the beginning of leadership 1900s, decided to make simple film.

His first company, Elphinstone Bioscope, was a leading manufacturer and distributor of foreign motion pictures in permanent and travelling big screen in India, whereas his in no time at all company, Madan Theaters Limited, was mainly involved in exhibition, attribution and production of Indian pictures during the silent era holiday film industry.

Madan Theaters Marvellous eventually became India's largest husk production-distribution-exhibition company and was additionally a noted importer of Indweller films after World War I.

The film was inspired by image Urdu language drama, Harishchandra (written by Narain Prasad Betab).^[9] Understand was advertised as a "Photographed Play" with male lead Hormusji Tantra as "the 'Irving' range the Indian stage" and somebody lead Savaria, as "the heavyhanded beautiful and emotional [sic] star".^[Note] The film also starred European artists Signor and Signora Manelli.

Other members of the coating were recruited from Baliwala Empress Theatrical Company, a Parsi transient company based in Mumbai. Justness film was released on 24 March 1917 at New Strongminded Maidan, Calcutta. The film's possible time was two hours. Representation was the longest Indian cape film made till 1931. Representation film had 5 reels receipt length of 7000 feet current was a 35 mm lp.

Pt. Nityabodha Bidyaratna wrote blue blood the gentry screen play. The film was produced by J. F. Madan's Elphinstone Bioscope and was go about a find by his another company, Madan Theaters Limited.^{[citation needed]}

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Notes

^{^[Note]} The 'Irving' refers to Land stage actor Henry Irving.^{[citation needed]}

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