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{{short description|1943 Kannada film directed by R. Nagendra Rao}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Satya Harishchandra
| image = 1943 Kannada film Satya Harischandra advertisement.png

| caption = Advertisement for the film
| director = [[R. Nagendra Rao]]
| producer = [[A. V. Meiyappan]]<br /> R. Nagendra Rao
| writer =
| narrator =
| screenplay = R. Nagendra Rao
| starring = [[Subbaiah Naidu]]<br />Lakshmibai<br />R. Nagendra Rao
| music = R. Sudarshanam
| cinematography = P. V. Krishna Iyer
| editing = [[M. V. Raman]]
| studio = [[AVM Productions|Pragathi Studios]]
| distributor = Famous Talkie Distributors
| released = {{film date|1943|5|28|df=yes}}
| runtime = 119 minutes
| country = India
| language = Kannada
}}
'''''Satya Harishchandra''''' ({{audio|Kn-ಸತ್ಯ ಹರಿಶ್ಚಂದ್ರ.ogg|pronunciation}}) is a 1943 Indian [[Kannada]]-language film directed by [[R. Nagendra Rao]]. It stars [[Subbaiah Naidu]], Lakshmibai and Rao. The music of the film was composed by R. Sudarshanam. The film was successful at the box office and ran for 100 days in [[Dharwad]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Satya Harischandra 100 days in Dharwad|url=http://www.chitraloka.com/history/3690-satya-harischandra-100-days-in-dharwad.html|publisher=Chitraloka|date=14 August 2013|accessdate=5 October 2013|archive-date=7 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007022532/http://www.chitraloka.com/history/3690-satya-harischandra-100-days-in-dharwad.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The movie was dubbed in Tamil making it the first Kannada movie to be dubbed in other language.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/2019-the-year-when-kannada-cinema-went-national/article30348537.ece|title = 2019: The year when Kannada cinema went national|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 19 December 2019|last1 = R|first1 = Shilpa Sebastian}}</ref>

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|* [[Subbaiah Naidu]] as [[Harischandra]]
* [[R. Nagendra Rao]]
* Lakshmibai as [[Shaivya (queen)|Chandramathi]]
* [[G. V. Krishnamurthy Rao]]
* M. G. Marirao
* B. S. Raja Iyengar as [[Narada]]
* Kamalabai
* Narasimhan (credited as Master Narasimhan)}}

== Soundtrack ==
The music of the film was composed by R. Sudarsanam with lyrics for the soundtracks penned by Gamiki Ramakrishna Sastry.

{{track listing
| headline = Tracklist
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Kaamadhenu Namipena
| lyrics1 = Gamiki Ramakrishna Sastry
| extra1 = Kamala Bai
| length1 =
| title2 = Paahi Shubhacharithe
| lyrics2 = Gamiki Ramakrishna Sastry
| extra2 = Raja Iyengar
| length2 =
| title3 = Sadaa Sukhee
| lyrics3 = Gamiki Ramakrishna Sastry
| extra3 = Lakshmi Bai
| length3 =
| title4 = Shanthiye Jeevana
| lyrics4 = Gamiki Ramakrishna Sastry
| extra4 = Raja Iyengar
| length4 =
}}

== Production and release ==
Film producer [[A. V. Meiyappan]] went to his hometown of [[Karaikudi]] after the success of his 1941 [[Tamil film]] ''[[Sabapathy]]'' due to apprehensions surrounding bombing of [[Madras]] by the Japanese with the [[World War II]] on. He returned to Madras and began the production of ''Satya Harishchandra'' as a joint venture with the theatre troupe SSS Natakamandali. [[R. Nagendra Rao]] was roped in to direct and A. T. Krishnaswamy as the assistant director.<ref name="SH">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HreICwAAQBAJ|title=Madras Studios: Narrative, Genre, and Ideology in Tamil Cinema|pages=107–108|publisher=[[SAGE Publications]]|last=Pillai|first=Swarnavel Eswaran|year=2015|location=India|isbn=978-93-5150-121-3}}</ref> The cast included [[Subbaiah Naidu]] playing the role of the [[Harischandra]], Lakshmibai as Chandramathi; Rao, J. V. Krishnamurthy Rao, M. G. Marirao, Kamalabai and Narasimhan. Musician B. S. Raja Iyengar made his acting debut playing [[Narada]].<ref>{{cite web|title="Harischandra"|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZLw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=JEwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3171%2C8343769|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=12 April 2017|page=4|date=29 May 1943}}</ref> The edited length of the film was restricted to {{convert|11000|feet|metres}} due to wartime regulation of raw stock. It was released on 28 May 1943.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gala Release To-day|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19430527&printsec=frontpage|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=12 April 2017|page=6|date=28 May 1943}}</ref> The film was a commercial success.

The film was dubbed into [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and released as ''Harishchandra'' on 6 January 1944. It was the first Indian film to be dubbed into another language. A. T. Krishnaswamy wrote the dialogues for the Tamil film while R. Nagendra Rao helped him with the words that would match the artistes' lip movement. [[V. S. Raghavan (director)|V. S. Raghavan]] was the pioneering sound engineer who dubbed the film.<ref name="SH" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/harishchandra-1944/article3024007.ece|title=Harischandra 1944|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=16 November 2007|accessdate=10 January 2017|last=Guy|first=Randor|authorlink=Randor Guy|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180110011726/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/harishchandra-1944/article3024007.ece|archivedate=10 January 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0263969|Satya Harishchandra}}
* [http://chiloka.com/movie/satya-harishchandra-1943 Satya Harishchandra] on Chiloka

[[Category:1943 films]]
[[Category:1940s Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:Films about Raja Harishchandra]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films scored by R. Sudarsanam]]
[[Category:AVM Productions films]]

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