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Satyawadi Raja Harishchandra (1917)

19172h 27mdir. Rustomji DhotiwalaBanglaBritish Rajsilent film

Directed by Rustomji Dhotiwala

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Satyawadi Raja Harishchandra (Bengali: āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€ āĻ°āĻžāĻœāĻž āĻšāĻ°āĻŋāĻļāĻšāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°; English: Truthful King Harishchandra) is a 1917 silent black and white Indian film based on Hindu mythology, directed by Rustomji Dhotiwala. It was produced by J. F. Madan's Elphinstone Bioscope. Credited as the first remake in Indian cinema, the film is a remake of the first Indian feature film, Raja Harishchandra (1913) and was also inspired by an Urdu language drama, Harishchandra. 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. It is als

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