Ayodhyecha Raja

Ayodhyecha Raja
अयोध्येचा राजा
Directed byShantaram Rajaram Vankudre (V. Shantaram)
Written byN.V. Kulkarni (story and screenplay)
Produced byPrabhat Film Company
StarringGovindrao Tembe
Durga Khote
Baburao Pendharkar
Master Vinayak
CinematographyKeshavrao Dhaiber
Edited byRajaram Vankudre Shantaram
Music byGovindrao Tembe
Production
company
Release date
  • 23 January 1932 (1932-01-23)
Running time
146 min
CountryIndia
LanguagesMarathi
Hindi

Ayodhyecha Raja, literally "The King of Ayodhya", was the first Marathi talkie, released in 1932,[1][2] directed by Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre.[3] It is based on the puranic story of Raja Harishchandra of Ayodhya and his test by sage Vishwamitra, as recounted in Valmiki's epic, Ramayana.[4]

The film was also made as a double-version, Ayodhya Ka Raja (1932) in Hindi, making it the first double version talkie of Indian cinema, wherein Munshi Ismail Farogh wrote the Hindi dialogue, while screenwriter N.V. Kulkarni also did Marathi dialogue.[5] India's first full-length feature film, Raja Harishchandra (1913), was also made on the same storyline.

  1. ^ Ayodhyecha Raja 1932 Marathi movie on YouTube
  2. ^ Meera Kosambi (5 July 2017). Gender, Culture, and Performance: Marathi Theatre and Cinema before Independence. Taylor & Francis. pp. 54–. ISBN 978-1-351-56589-9.
  3. ^ Gokulsing, K.; Wimal Dissanayake (2004). Indian popular cinema: a narrative of cultural change. Trentham Books. p. 24. ISBN 1-85856-329-1.
  4. ^ Jonathan Crow (2012). "Ayodhyecha Raja (1932)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012.
  5. ^ The Firsts of Indian Cinema: Milestones from 1896-2000 Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Film and Television Producers Guild of India