Satyavadi Raja Harishchandra

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

Satyavadi Raja Harishchandra
Directed byDhundiraj Govind Phalke
Written byDhundiraj Govind Phalke
Story byRanchhodbai Udayram
StarringD. D. Dabke,
Bhalachandra D. Phalke,
Anna Salunke
CinematographyDhundiraj Govind Phalke,
Trymbak B. Telang
Release date
  • 1917 (1917)
Running time
16 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesSilent film
Marathi intertitles

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.[1] The film is a shorter version of the first Indian feature film, Raja Harishchandra (1913),[2][3] also directed and produced by Phalke.[4] 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.[5]

  1. ^ Vasudev 1995, p. 7, 290.
  2. ^ Rao 2006, p. 25.
  3. ^ Banker 2002, p. 9.
  4. ^ Gulzar, Nihalani & Chatterjee 2003, p. 29.
  5. ^ Dawar 2006, p. 9.