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	'''''Sati Sulochana''''' is an [[List of Kannada films of the 1930s\|1934]] Indian [[Kannada-language]] film directed by [[Yaragudipati Varada Rao\|Y. V. Rao]]. The film was released on 3 March 1934 and is the first talkie film in Kannada language.<ref name="Rediff">[http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/apr/13ms.htm Dr.Raj's impact on Kannada cinema] [[Rediff.com]]</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=First film to talk in Kannada \|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/12/31/stories/2004123102420300.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050410165948/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/12/31/stories/2004123102420300.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=10 April 2005 \|date=31 December 2004 \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=A revolutionary filmmaker \|url= http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/08/22/stories/2003082201400400.htm\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040117021114/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/08/22/stories/2003082201400400.htm\|url-status= dead\|archive-date= 17 January 2004\|date= 22 August 2003\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> It is also the first film to be screened in the erstwhile [[Mysore Kingdom]].<ref name="ss">{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/12/31/stories/2004123102420300.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050104030339/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/12/31/stories/2004123102420300.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=4 January 2005\|title=First film to talk in Kannada\|access-date=21 April 2007\|location=Chennai, India\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=31 December ~~2004~~}}</ref>		'''''Sati Sulochana''''' is a [[List of Kannada films of the 1930s\|1934]] Indian [[Kannada-language]] film directed by [[Yaragudipati Varada Rao\|Y. V. Rao]]. The film was released on 3 March 1934 and is the first talkie film in Kannada language.<ref name="Rediff">[http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/apr/13ms.htm Dr.Raj's impact on Kannada cinema] [[Rediff.com]]</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=First film to talk in Kannada \|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/12/31/stories/2004123102420300.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050410165948/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/12/31/stories/2004123102420300.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=10 April 2005 \|date=31 December 2004 \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=A revolutionary filmmaker \|url= http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/08/22/stories/2003082201400400.htm\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040117021114/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/08/22/stories/2003082201400400.htm\|url-status= dead\|archive-date= 17 January 2004\|date= 22 August 2003\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> It is also the first film to be screened in the erstwhile [[Mysore Kingdom]].<ref name="ss">{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/12/31/stories/2004123102420300.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050104030339/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/12/31/stories/2004123102420300.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=4 January 2005\|title=First film to talk in Kannada\|access-date=21 April 2007\|location=Chennai, India\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=31 December 2022}}</ref>

	It is a [[lost film]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/mending-the-moving-image/article19554493.ece\|title=Mending the moving image: South India's cinematic heritage has seen huge loss\|last=Sinha\|first=Sayoni\|date=2017-08-26\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=2017-09-27\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Though initially it was believed that the movie had 18 songs, a gramophone record jacket found in private archives showed that the movie had as many as 30 songs belying the notion that the first four Kannada talkie movies had no recorded sound tracks.<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/an-attempt-to-retell-history-of-kannadas-first-talkie/article26421496.ece</ref>		It is a [[lost film]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/mending-the-moving-image/article19554493.ece\|title=Mending the moving image: South India's cinematic heritage has seen huge loss\|last=Sinha\|first=Sayoni\|date=2017-08-26\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=2017-09-27\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Though initially it was believed that the movie had 18 songs, a gramophone record jacket found in private archives showed that the movie had as many as 30 songs belying the notion that the first four Kannada talkie movies had no recorded sound tracks.<ref>{{cite news\| url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/an-attempt-to-retell-history-of-kannadas-first-talkie/article26421496.ece\| title = An attempt to retell history of Kannada's first talkie - The Hindu\| newspaper = The Hindu\| date = 3 March 2019\| last1 = Khajane\| first1 = Muralidhara}}</ref>

	==Plot==		==Plot==
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	* D. A. Murthy Rao as [[Rama]]		* D. A. Murthy Rao as [[Rama]]
	* [[S. K. Padmadevi]] as Sakhi		* [[S. K. Padmadevi]] as Sakhi
	* Indubala		* [[Indubala]]

	==Background==		==Background==
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	==Production==		==Production==
	Sachin Nayaka chose to shoot the film at Chatrapathi Studio in [[Kolhapur]]. The production was started in December 1933 and took 2 months to complete. Shooting was entirely done in natural sunlight and by man-made reflectors. The camera assistants carried mirrors on their shoulders to project light onto the set to provide back lighting. They had to keep moving mirrors in alignement with the moving sun. The sets were not having ceiling but they were covered with white cloth. Also, there was no glycerine at that time. Some water drops were sprayed near to the eyes of actress to pass them off as tears.<ref name=thehindu2>{{cite news \|title=Entertainment / Cinema : First film to talk in Kannada \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/12/31/stories/2004123102420300.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019164940/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/12/31/stories/2004123102420300.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=19 October 2015 \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|date=2004-12-31 \|access-date=7 September 2018 }}</ref> The total amount spent for production was {{INR}}40,000. The film involved shooting a war scene and this was done using 2 cameras.<ref>{{cite web \|title= Philatelic show to mark 78th anniversary of 'Sati Sulochana' \|url= http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/philatelic-show-to-mark-78th-anniversary-of-sati-sulochana/article2930540.ece \|work= The Hindu \|date= 25 February 2012 \|access-date= 5 October ~~2013~~}}</ref> The film was released on 3 March 1934 at Paramount cinema theatre (later called as Parimala talkies) near the City Market of [[Bangalore]]. The length of the film was 173 minutes.<ref>{{cite web \|title= History: Sati Sulochana – First Kannada movie released \|url= http://www.chitraloka.com/history/3682-sati-sulochana-first-kannada-movie-released.html \|publisher= Chitraloka \|access-date= 5 October ~~2013~~}}</ref> Being the first Kannada talkie film, it ran house-full at Bangalore for six weeks.		Sachin Nayaka chose to shoot the film at Chatrapathi Studio in [[Kolhapur]]. The production was started in December 1933 and took 2 months to complete. Shooting was entirely done in natural sunlight and by man-made reflectors. The camera assistants carried mirrors on their shoulders to project light onto the set to provide back lighting. They had to keep moving mirrors in alignement with the moving sun. The sets were not having ceiling but they were covered with white cloth. Also, there was no glycerine at that time. Some water drops were sprayed near to the eyes of actress to pass them off as tears.<ref name=thehindu2>{{cite news \|title=Entertainment / Cinema : First film to talk in Kannada \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/12/31/stories/2004123102420300.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019164940/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/12/31/stories/2004123102420300.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=19 October 2015 \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|date=2004-12-31 \|access-date=7 September 2018 }}</ref> The total amount spent for production was {{INR}}40,000. The film involved shooting a war scene and this was done using 2 cameras.<ref>{{cite web \|title= Philatelic show to mark 78th anniversary of 'Sati Sulochana' \|url= http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/philatelic-show-to-mark-78th-anniversary-of-sati-sulochana/article2930540.ece \|work= The Hindu \|date= 25 February 2012 \|access-date= 5 October 2022}}</ref> The film was released on 3 March 1934 at Paramount cinema theatre (later called as Parimala talkies) near the City Market of [[Bangalore]]. The length of the film was 173 minutes.<ref>{{cite web \|title= History: Sati Sulochana – First Kannada movie released \|url= http://www.chitraloka.com/history/3682-sati-sulochana-first-kannada-movie-released.html \|publisher= Chitraloka \|access-date= 5 October 2022}}</ref> Being the first Kannada talkie film, it ran house-full at Bangalore for six weeks.

	==Soundtrack==		==Soundtrack==
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{{distinguish|text=Sati Sulochana, 1961 [[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh|Telugu]] film, starring [[N. T. Rama Rao]]}}
{{short description|1934 film by Yaragudipati Varada Rao}}
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| director = [[Yaragudipati Varada Rao]]
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*[[Chamanlal Doongaji]]
*Shah Bhurmal Chamanlalji
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| screenplay = Bellave Narahari Shastri
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*[[Tripuramba]]
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*D. A. Murthy Rao
*[[Yaragudipati Varada Rao|Y. V. Rao]]
*C. T. Sheshachalam
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'''''Sati Sulochana''''' is an [[List of Kannada films of the 1930s|1934]] Indian [[Kannada-language]] film directed by [[Yaragudipati Varada Rao|Y. V. Rao]]. The film was released on 3 March 1934 and is the first talkie film in Kannada language.<ref name="Rediff">[http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/apr/13ms.htm Dr.Raj's impact on Kannada cinema] [[Rediff.com]]</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=First film to talk in Kannada |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/12/31/stories/2004123102420300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050410165948/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/12/31/stories/2004123102420300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 April 2005 |date=31 December 2004 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A revolutionary filmmaker |url= http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/08/22/stories/2003082201400400.htm|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040117021114/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/08/22/stories/2003082201400400.htm|url-status= dead|archive-date= 17 January 2004|date= 22 August 2003|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> It is also the first film to be screened in the erstwhile [[Mysore Kingdom]].<ref name="ss">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/12/31/stories/2004123102420300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050104030339/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/12/31/stories/2004123102420300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 January 2005|title=First film to talk in Kannada|access-date=21 April 2007|location=Chennai, India|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=31 December 2004}}</ref>

It is a [[lost film]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/mending-the-moving-image/article19554493.ece|title=Mending the moving image: South India's cinematic heritage has seen huge loss|last=Sinha|first=Sayoni|date=2017-08-26|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-09-27|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Though initially it was believed that the movie had 18 songs, a gramophone record jacket found in private archives showed that the movie had as many as 30 songs belying the notion that the first four Kannada talkie movies had no recorded sound tracks.<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/an-attempt-to-retell-history-of-kannadas-first-talkie/article26421496.ece</ref>

==Plot==
''Sati Sulochana'' is based on the character [[Sulochana (Ramayana)|Sulochana]] from the Ramayana. She is the wife of [[Indrajit]] and the daughter-in-law of [[Ravana]], the demon-king in Ramayana. The film tries to portray the goings-on of the war between the [[Hindu]] god [[Rama]] and [[Ravana]] as seen from the point of view of Sulochana. Ravana abducts Rama's wife [[Sita]] to his kingdom of [[Lanka]], drawing Rama into a war. In the course of the war, Rama's brother [[Lakshmana]] is knocked unconscious by an arrow from Indrajit and is revived by a medicinal herb called [[Sanjeevani (plant)|Sanjeevani]]. The revived Lakshmana kills Indrajit and makes Sulochana a widow. Ravana's defeat by Lord Rama and the killing of Indrajit is viewed through the eyes of Sulochana. Unable to bear the pain of husband's death, [[Sulochana (Ramayana)|Sulochana]] commits [[Sati (practice)|sati]] sacrifice.

==Cast==
* [[Subbaiah Naidu]] as [[Indrajit]]
* [[Tripuramba]] as [[Sulochana (Ramayana)|Sulochana]]
* [[R. Nagendra Rao]] as [[Ravana]]
* Lakshmi Bai as [[Mandodari]]
* [[Yaragudipati Varada Rao|Y. V. Rao]] as [[Lakshmana]]
* C. V. Seshachalam as [[Narada]]
* D. A. Murthy Rao as [[Rama]]
* [[S. K. Padmadevi]] as Sakhi
* Indubala

==Background==
The producer of the film was a [[Marwaris|Marwari]] businessman from [[Bangalore]] (a native of [[Ahor]]e, [[Jalore District]] of Rajasthan) named Shah [[Chamanlal Doongaji]],<ref name="ss"/> who started a film production company in Bangalore called South India Movietone in 1932. He decided to make a mythological movie called ''Sati Sulochana'' involving characters from the [[Ramayana]] like [[Ravana]], Ravana's son [[Indrajit]], Ravana's wife [[Mandodari]] and Indrajit's wife [[Sulochana (Ramayana)|Sulochana]]. He engaged [[Yaragudipati Varada Rao]] to direct the film as well as play a character of [[Lakshmana]], Bellave Narahari Shastri to write the screenplay, dialogues and lyrics. Nagendra Rao, who had previous exposure to films, was selected to play the role of [[Ravana]] and was given an additional role of production management.<ref name="ss"/> M. V. Subbaiah Naidu was selected to play the lead role of [[Indrajit]] and two ladies; Lakshmi Bai and [[Tripuramba]] were selected to play the roles of [[Mandodari]] and [[Sulochana (Ramayana)|Sulochana]] respectively.

==Production==
Sachin Nayaka chose to shoot the film at Chatrapathi Studio in [[Kolhapur]]. The production was started in December 1933 and took 2 months to complete. Shooting was entirely done in natural sunlight and by man-made reflectors. The camera assistants carried mirrors on their shoulders to project light onto the set to provide back lighting. They had to keep moving mirrors in alignement with the moving sun. The sets were not having ceiling but they were covered with white cloth. Also, there was no glycerine at that time. Some water drops were sprayed near to the eyes of actress to pass them off as tears.<ref name=thehindu2>{{cite news |title=Entertainment / Cinema : First film to talk in Kannada |url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/12/31/stories/2004123102420300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019164940/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/12/31/stories/2004123102420300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 October 2015 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=2004-12-31 |access-date=7 September 2018 }}</ref> The total amount spent for production was {{INR}}40,000. The film involved shooting a war scene and this was done using 2 cameras.<ref>{{cite web |title= Philatelic show to mark 78th anniversary of 'Sati Sulochana' |url= http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/philatelic-show-to-mark-78th-anniversary-of-sati-sulochana/article2930540.ece |work= The Hindu |date= 25 February 2012 |access-date= 5 October 2013}}</ref> The film was released on 3 March 1934 at Paramount cinema theatre (later called as Parimala talkies) near the City Market of [[Bangalore]]. The length of the film was 173 minutes.<ref>{{cite web |title= History: Sati Sulochana – First Kannada movie released |url= http://www.chitraloka.com/history/3682-sati-sulochana-first-kannada-movie-released.html |publisher= Chitraloka |access-date= 5 October 2013}}</ref> Being the first Kannada talkie film, it ran house-full at Bangalore for six weeks.

==Soundtrack==
{{track listing
|headline =Track list
| extra_column = Singer(s) | all_lyrics = Bellave Narahari Shastri
| title1 = Deva Gurugalemage | extra1 = [[R. Nagendra Rao]] | music1 = [[R. Nagendra Rao]]
| title2 = Bhale Bhale Parvathi | extra2 = Lakshmi Bai | music2 = H R Padmanabha Shastry
}}

==See also==
* [[List of Kannada films]]
* [[Kannada cinema]]

==Notes==
{{reflist}}
<ref>[https://parapancha.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-kannadas-first-talkie-movie/ Everything you need to know about the Kannada's first talkie movie], Updated June 17th 2018</ref>

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0265702|Sati Sulochana}}

[[Category:1934 films]]
[[Category:1930s Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Lost Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian war drama films]]
[[Category:1930s war drama films]]
[[Category:1934 lost films]]
[[Category:Lost drama films]]
[[Category:Films based on the Ramayana]]
[[Category:1934 drama films]]