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Raja Harishchandra

  • 19131913
  • 40m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
392
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Raja Harishchandra (1913)
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The film opens with a Ravi Varma like tableau showing King Harishchandra, his wife Taramati and his young son. The king is teaching his son archery. They go on a hunt. The king enters an are... Read allThe film opens with a Ravi Varma like tableau showing King Harishchandra, his wife Taramati and his young son. The king is teaching his son archery. They go on a hunt. The king enters an area controlled by the Sage Vishwamitra. Three furies appear before the king caught in flames... Read allThe film opens with a Ravi Varma like tableau showing King Harishchandra, his wife Taramati and his young son. The king is teaching his son archery. They go on a hunt. The king enters an area controlled by the Sage Vishwamitra. Three furies appear before the king caught in flames. The king tries to rescue them. These fairies try to seduce the king into renouncing his ... Read all
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
392
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  • Director
    • Dhundiraj Govind Phalke
  • Writers
    • Dhundiraj Govind Phalke
    • Ranchhodbai Udayram(story)
  • Stars
    • D.D. Dabke
    • P.G. Sane
    • Bhalachandra D. Phalke
Top credits
  • Director
    • Dhundiraj Govind Phalke
  • Writers
    • Dhundiraj Govind Phalke
    • Ranchhodbai Udayram(story)
  • Stars
    • D.D. Dabke
    • P.G. Sane
    • Bhalachandra D. Phalke
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    • 9User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    D.D. Dabke
    • Raja Harishchandra
    P.G. Sane
    • Taramati
    Bhalachandra D. Phalke
    • Rohitas
    G.V. Sane
    • Vishwamitra
    Dattatreya Kshirsagar
    Dattatreya Telang
    Ganpat G. Shinde
    Vishnu Hari Aundhkar
    Anna Salunke
    Nath T. Telang
    • Director
      • Dhundiraj Govind Phalke
    • Writers
      • Dhundiraj Govind Phalke
      • Ranchhodbai Udayram(story)
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    • Trivia
      First feature length India film.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Story of Film: An Odyssey: Sex & Melodrama (2011)

    User reviews9

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    6/10
    First Feature Film in India
    India has a long, rich history in cinema dating even before its first feature film, May 1913's Raja Harishchandra." The country had an established movie studio by 1907, despite no film production equipment was being made in India. But it was "Raja's" release on May 3 at the Coronation Theater in Bombay, complete with a live performance of music and chanting, that marked the point where India's public embraced movies and made the film industry viable.

    Dadasaheb Phalke is solely responsible for introducing cinema to India's passionate movie lovers. Known as "The Father of Indian Cinema," Phalke as a businessman had a successful career running a printing press company before getting the movie bug. He gave up his business and hocked all his family's possessions to begin a studio, focused on producing a feature film. Through a series of trials and tribulations, Phalke finally competed the 53-minute film version of the Indian mystic legend of Harishchandra's life.

    Phalke's adventures in gathering cast and tech crew and filming the feature are portrayed in 2009's "Harishchandrachi Factory." The Paresh Mokashi written/directed movie was India's official Best Foreign Language Film Oscar submission for that year's Academy Awards.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 3, 1913 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Languages
      • None
      • Marathi
    • Also known as
      • Раджа Харишчандра
    • Production company
      • Phalke Films
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      40 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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