Ayodhyecha Raja (1932) Marathi MHCe DVD5 - Indian Cinema_The Early Years_Oldest Talkie V.Shantram [DDR] torrent

Ayodhyecha Raja (1932) MHCe_Indian Cinema_The Early Years_Oldest Talkie_V.Shantram [DDR]

The first Indian Talkie Movie released was 'Alam Ara 1931' Since that print as well as all the other talkie movies released that year are not avaliable. This makes the movie 'Ayodhecha Raja 1932' the oldest talkie available. Lets hope that this information will soon become incorrect.

Directed by V. Shantaram
Music by Govindarao Tembe

Songs are included in MP3s
Ayodhyecha Raja (1932) Marathi 00 Title Music and Credits
Ayodhyecha Raja (1932) Marathi 01 Jai Jai Rajadhiraj
Ayodhyecha Raja (1932) Marathi 02 Jai Devgana
Ayodhyecha Raja (1932) Marathi 03 Hari Kunja Narayana
Ayodhyecha Raja (1932) Marathi 04 Aadhi Suman De
Ayodhyecha Raja (1932) Marathi 05 Satva Palana - Govindarao Tembe
Ayodhyecha Raja (1932) Marathi 06. Bala Jhop Yeyina
Ayodhyecha Raja (1932) Marathi 07. Vandana Mahadeva - Govindarao Tembe
Ayodhyecha Raja (1932) Marathi 08. Param Dharma - Govindarao Tembe
Ayodhyecha Raja (1932) Marathi 09. Pahonee
Ayodhyecha Raja (1932) Marathi 10. Dhanya
Ayodhyecha Raja (1932) Marathi 11. Chandramauli - Govindarao Tembe
Ayodhyecha Raja (1932) Marathi 12. Sarthak Jhale
Ayodhyecha Raja (1932) Marathi 13. Bala Gela

PROFILE:- Durga Khote (January 14, 1905- September 22, 1991)




India's first fully indigenous silent feature film Raja Harishchandra heralded the birth of the Indian film industry. The film had titles in Hindi and English and was released on May 3, 1913 at the Coronation Cinema, Bombay. In 1917, Bengal saw the birth of its first feature film-Satyabadi Raja Harishchandra.

The first Indian talkie Alam Ara produced by the Imperial film company and directed by Ardershir Irani was released on March 14, 1931 at the Majestic Cinema in Bombay; The talkie had brought revolutionary changes in the whole set up of the industry. The year 1931 marked the beginning of the talking ear in Bengal and South India. The first talkie films in Bengali (Jumai Shasthi), Telugu (Bhakta Prahlad) and Tamil (Kalidass) were released in the same year.

The first talkie film in Marathi was "Ayodhyecha Raja" released in 1932

The thirties is recognised as the decade of social protests in the history of Indian Cinema. Three big banners-Prabhat, Bombay Talkies and New Theatres gave the lead in making serious but gripping sand entertaining films for all classes of the wide audience. A number of films making a strong plea against social injustice were also made in this period like V.Santharam's Duniya Na Mane, Aadmi and Padosi, Franz Osten's Achut Kanya, Damle & Fatehlal's Sant Thukaram, Mehboob's Watan, Ek hi Raasta and Aurat. For the first time Ardeshir Irani attempted a colour picture in 1937 with Kisan Kanya.



NOSTALGIA 1931
- India's first talkie film Alam Ara was released on 14th March 1931, at Bombay's Majestic cinema hall. It had seven songs and was 10,500 ft. long and ran for seven weeks. It was a costume drama and was directed by Ardeshir Irani. Music was composed by Phiroz Shah Mistry and Behram Irani. Master Vitthal, Zubeida, Zillo, Prithviraj Kapoor, W M Khan, Jagdish Sethi were the main cast.
- Dada Sahab Phalke released his 'Setubandhan' with background music and sounds.
- Kalidaas, first Tamil talkie film, Bhakt Prahlad , first Telugu talkie film and Jamai Sasthi, first Bangali talkie film got released in the same year.
- Krishna Tone's 'Ghar Ki Lakshmi' was released in Bombay in 1931 as the second talkie film with songs.

POPULAR FILMS of 1931
01. Alam Ara : Ardeshir Irani - Vitthal, Zubeida, Prithviraj, W M Khan
02. Daulat Ka Nasha : Pesi Karani - Zillo, Khalil, Tara, Hadi
03. Davei Devyani : Chandulal Shah - Gauhar, Bhagwandas, Billimoria
04. Noor Jahan : Izra Meer - Vimla, Mubarak, Zillo, Nayampalli

POPULAR SONGS of 1931
01. De De Khuda Ke Naam Par Pyare : Alam Ara - Wazir Mohammes Khan (He got the chance of being the first film song singer of Indian cinema)
02. Badla Diwayega Ya Rab Too : Alam Ara - Zubeida
03. Note : W M Khan became the first film singer with Alam Ara. No records were issued.

FILMS RELEASED in 1931
Total Films Released : 28
Hindi : 23
Bengali : 4
Tamil : 1
Total Silent Films : 64



NOSTALGIA 1932
- Prabhat's first talkie film 'Ayodhya Ka Raja' released in Hindi & Marathi. Due to the non-availability of Alam Ara's print this film is now presented as the first available talkie film.
- For the first time music is used in the place of dialogues in New Theaters' Chandidas. Devki Bose directed the film.
- First Gujrati talkie film 'Narsi Mehta' got released.
- The Motion Pictures of India came into existance. From 1951, it changed its name to Film Federation of India.
- 'Indrasabha' directed by J J Madan, got released. The film holds the record of having maximum no. of songs till date. It had 71 songs with almost every character bursting into a song.

POPULAR MOVIES OF 1932
01. Ayodhya Ka Raja : V Shantaram - Durga Khote, Vinayak, Govind Rao Tembe
02. Bilwa Mangal : Fraam Madan - Kajjan, Nisar, Patience Cooper
03. Maya Machhindra : V Shantaram - Durga Khote, Govind Rao Tembe, Vinayak
04. Subah Ka Sitara : P Attorthi - K L Saigal, Rattan Bai, Anwari

POPULAR SONGS OF 1931
01. Chhod Aakash Ko Sitaare : Maya Machhindra - Govind Ram Tembe
02. Sakal Jag Me Chhatrapati : Ayodhya Ka Raja - -
03. Laagi Karejwa Me Chot : Zinda Laash - K L Saigal

FILMS RELEASED IN 1932
Total Films Released : 84
Hindi....61
Bengali..05
Tamil....04
English..01
Gujrati..02
Telugu...03
Marathi..08

AYODYECHA RAJA in Marathi and Ayodhya Ka Raja in Hindi were the first double version talkie films produced by Prabhat Film Company in 1932.

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Synopsis:- Ayodyecha Raja (1932)
A big-budget mythological film telling a famous Ramayana tale. The truth-loving Harishchandra (Tembe) , king of Ayodhya, is tested when the sage Vishwamitra challenges him to sacrifice his kingdom and offer alms of a thousand coins earned through his own labour. After many hardships, Harishchandra, Taramati (Khote) and their son Rohileshwara (Digambar) earn the money when the king and queen are sold as slaves in the city of Kashi. When the queen's new owner, Ganganath (Pendharkar), tries to assault her, her son intervenes and is killed. Taramati is accused of the killing and is sentenced to be executed by her husband. The Kashi-Venkateshwara diety intervenes, brings the boy back to life, declares the king to have proved himself and returns him to his throne.







TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:-
Video Codec: MPEG-2
Video Bitrate: 4609 kbps
Video Resolution: 720x480
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.333:1
Frames Per Second: 29.970
Audio Codec: AC3
Audio Bitrate: 448kb/s CBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 6
Audio Languages: Marathi
RunTime: 01:59:31
Subtitles: English
Ripped by: Trinidad [DDR]
Duration: 01:59:31