Ayodhyecha Raja
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Director V. Shantaram Music director Govindrao Tembe Country India | 7/10 IMDb Genre Drama, History Duration Language Marathi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date January 23, 1932 (1932-01-23) Writer Munshi Ismail Farooque (Hindi dialogue), N.V. Kulkarni (Marathi dialogue), N.V. Kulkarni (screenplay), N.V. Kulkarni (story), Valmiki (author Ramayana) Screenplay N.V. Kulkarni, Munshi Ismail Farooque Cast Govindrao Tembe (Harishchandra), Durga Khote (Taramati), Master Vinayak (Rohidas), Baburao Pendharkar (Mahajan Ganganath), Shankarrao Bhosle Similar movies Related V Shantaram movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ayodhyecha Raja, literally "The King of Ayodhya", was the first Marathi talkie, released in 1932, directed by Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre (V. Shantaram). It is based on the mythological story of Raja Harishchandra of Ayodhya and his test by sage Vishwamitra, as recounted in Valmiki's epic, Ramayana.
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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 Farooque wrote the Hindi dialogue, while screenwriter N.V. Kulkarni also did Marathi dialogue. India's first full-length feature film, Raja Harishchandra (1913), was also made on the same storyline.
Significance
The film was not just Prabhat Film Company's first talkie film, but also for its director, V. Shantaram. In its time, it was a leap not just in sound, song and dialogue quality and became a hit. Eventually, it turned out to be a social leap as well for the film industry, as the entry of Durga Khote, who belonged to an upper class and elite Brahmin family into Marathi cinema, paved way for other women from upper classes to enter cinema. V. Shantaram made another version film, Duniya Na Mane (Kunku in Marathi) in 1937.
After the 2003 fire at the National Archives of India, Pune in which prints of first Indian talkie Alam Ara (1931) were lost, it is also the earliest surviving talkie of Indian cinema.
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Soundtrack
Ayodhyecha Raja has music by Govindrao Tembe:
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