Satya Harishchandra (1965 Kannada film)

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Satya Harishchandra
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Directed by Hunsur Krishnamurthy
Screenplay by K. V. Reddy
Based onHarishchandra Kavya
by Raghavanka
Produced byK. V. Reddy
Starring Dr. Rajkumar
Pandari Bai
Udaykumar
Narasimharaju
M. P. Shankar
Rajasree
CinematographyMadhav Bulbule
Edited byG. Kalyana Sundaram
D. G. Jayaram
Music by Pendyala Nageswara Rao
Production
company
Vijaya Productions
Release date
  • 12 April 1965 (12 April 1965)
Running time
221 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada
Budget₹800,000 [2]

Satya Harischandra is a 1965 Indian Kannada epic film directed by Hunsur Krishnamurthy and produced by K. V. Reddy. It stars Dr. Rajkumar in the lead role as Harishchandra, a mythological Indian king renowned for upholding truth and justice under any circumstance. The film is based on poet Raghavanka's work, Harishchandra Kavya. The supporting cast includes Udaykumar, Pandari Bai, Narasimharaju, M. P. Shankar, K. S. Ashwath and Baby Padmini. This is the second the second Kannada film based on king Harishchandra, with the first being the 1943 film Satya Harishchandra .

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K. V. Reddy simultaneously produced a Telugu version of the film, also titled Satya Harishchandra which starred N. T. Rama Rao. At the 13th National Film Awards, the Kannada version of the film was awarded the President's silver medal for the Best Feature Film in Kannada. [3] The film was major success upon its release and is considered a milestone in Kannada cinema. [1] Satya Harishchandra was the third Indian film and the first South Indian film to be digitally coloured. [4] The digitally coloured version, released in April 2008, was a commercial success.

Cast

Production

The film was shot mostly shot at the AVM Studios in Madras (now Chennai). [1] Singeetam Srinivasa Rao worked as an assistant director in this movie.

Soundtrack

Satya Harishchandra
Soundtrack album by
P. N. Rao
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Saregama

Pendyala Nageswara Rao composed the soundtrack for Satya Harishchandra, with lyrics written by Hunsur Krishnamurthy. The soundtrack album features twenty tracks. [5] The song "Kuladalli Keelyavudo" was particularly well-received and became a popular curtain-closing song for many stage shows in Karnataka. The song was later remixed in 2017 film of same name starring Sharan. [6]

Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Vande Suranam Saramsha" Hunsur Krishnamurthy Ghantasala 1:12
2."Hey Chandrachooda"Hunsur Krishnamurthy P. Leela, Ghantasala2:49
3."Neenu Namage"Hunsur KrishnamurthyP. Leela, P. Susheela 3:47
4."Vamshavanu Mundarisali"Hunsur KrishnamurthyGhantasala 
5."Ananda Sadana"Hunsur KrishnamurthyP. Susheela2:53
6."Naana Deva Dhanagalum"Hunsur KrishnamurthyGhantasala0:49
7."Sathyavanu Paalisalu"Hunsur KrishnamurthyGhantasala0:49
8."Enidi Grahacharavo"Hunsur KrishnamurthyGhantasala4:17
9."Thillana"Hunsur KrishnamurthyP. Leela, Pasumarthi Krishnamurthy4:30
10."Lakshmi Ksheerasamudra"Hunsur KrishnamurthyP. Leela1:54
11."Kaleda Kaladalu"Hunsur KrishnamurthyNagendrappa1:58
12."Kanasallu Nenasallu"Hunsur KrishnamurthyGhantasala1:33
13."Sathyavadu Naashavaaguva"Hunsur KrishnamurthyP. Leela0:51
14."Kuladalli Keelyavudo"Hunsur KrishnamurthyGhantasala3:24
15."Nanna Neenu"Hunsur KrishnamurthySwarnalatha, Jagannath2:56
16."Vidhi Vipareetha"Hunsur KrishnamurthyGhantasala, P. Leela4:57
17."Shraddhadoota Summane"Hunsur Krishnamurthy B. Gopalam, chorus3:03
18."Bhuviyalli Munigalu"Hunsur KrishnamurthyP. Leela1:01
19."Adigo Adithya"Hunsur KrishnamurthyGhantasala0:38
20."Deena Baandhava"Hunsur KrishnamurthyP. Leela, Ghantasala2:16

Colourisation

Satya Harishchandra was the third Indian film and the first South Indian black-and-white film to be digitally coloured, following the Hindi language films Mughal-e-Azam and Naya Daur . [2] Film producer and distributor K. C. N. Gowda of M/s KCN Enterprises collaborated with Goldstone Technologies Limited, a California based company to colour the film digitally. C. Jaganmohan, the media division business head of Goldstone Technologies, stated that each frame in the film was converted to colour. [7]

The conversion process involved transferring the original 35 mm film to 16 mm film with colour in CinemaScope and DTS sound system. [2] [8] The colourising work was carried out by a team of close to 175 personnel in Hyderabad, [8] while the sound effects, including dialogue, background music, and the musical track in the DTS system, were completed in Chennai. The entire soundtrack of the film was digitally restored by music composer, Rajesh Ramanath. [9] [10] The total cost of the project amounted to ₹3 crore. [11]

Re-releases

Before the release of its digitally coloured version,Satya Harishchandra had been released several times across the state of Karnataka. The digitally coloured version was re-released for the first time on 24 April 2008, to coincide with the birthday of Rajkumar. It was screened in 35 theatres across the state. [2] [8] Like its previous releases, the film completed a 100-day run. [12]

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