Sairandhri (1933 Hindi film)
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Music director Govindrao Tembe Language Hindi | Director V. Shantaram Production Prabhat Film Company Country India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 1933 Cast Master Vinayak, Shakuntala Paranjpye, Leela Similar movies Related V Shantaram movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sairandhari is a 1933 Hindi film based on an episode from the Mahabharata and directed by V. Shantaram. Produced by Prabhat Film Company, it has been cited as one of the 21 "most wanted missing Indian treasures" by P K. Nair, the National Film Archive of India founder. The film was a bilingual made as Sairandhari in both Marathi and Hindi. The music composer was Govindrao Tembe. The cast included Master Vinayak, Leela, Prabhavati, Shakuntala, G.R. Mane, Nimbalkar and Shankarrao Bhosle.
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The film revolved around an incident from the Mahabharata and told the story of Draupadi as Malini/Sairandhari (female servant), the thirteenth identity she took in order to remain safe and hidden from the Kauravas.
Plot
The story is about the twelfth of the thirteen years of the Pandavas exile. Draupadi in her identity as Sairandhari (female servant) is acting as the maid-in-waiting to Queen Sudeshna. They are in King Virata's palace in Matsya. Kichaka, King Virata's brother-in-law and Sudeshna's brother is an arrogant man who believes that King Virat rules his kingdom because of him. He sees Sairandhari and orders his sister to send Sairandhari to his palace. When she reaches Keechak's palace Bhima who is disguised as the palace cook, arrives to save her and slays Kichaka.
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Production
Shantaram had been impressed by the "technical virtuosity" in films of Pabst, Lang, and Max Ophuls. Sairandhari was made in colour but for processing Shantaram took it to the UFA studios in Germany. However, the technique failed and the film was released as a Black-and-white production as the colours turned out to be too garish. Though the film was stated as the first Indian colour film, however, since the processing was done in Germany and technically did not succeed, the first colour film to be produced and processed in India was Kisan Kanya (1937) directed by Gidwani and produced by Ardeshir Irani.
The film is also credited as having the first original soundtrack disc. The Gramaphone Records were "pressed" from the original soundtrack in Germany.
Draupadi In Films
The film was a remake of the earlier silent film Sairandhari (1920) made by Baburao Painter and the remake of Prabhat's original Keechak Vadhan (1928). Draupadi, a "mythological image" and an oppressed figure was used as a nationalistic representative for India under the British Raj. The several films made from 1916-44 using Draupadi were:
Songs
1Aaiye Bal Nirbalon Ke Din Ke Dhan AaiyeLeela
2Ghulami Ke Gham Ko Who Kya Jante HainLeela
3Kusum Kumkum Amit VarshaLeela