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Savitri is a film of genre Drama directed by C. Pullaiah with Surabhi Kamalabai

Savitri (1933)

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Length 2h5
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Genres Drama,    Fantasy

Savitri (Telugu) is a 1933 Telugu, drama film directed by C. Pullaiah. It was based on a popular stage play of Mylavaram Bala Bharati Samajam. It was the first film produced by East India Film Company with a huge budget of Rs. 75,000 in Calcutta and was a huge commercial hit. The film received an honorary diploma at Venice Film Festival.

The story is about Savitri and Satyavan from Mahabharata. According to the legend, Princess Savitri (Ramatilakam) marries Prince Satyavan despite a curse that foretells his death within a year. She manages to get Yama (Gaggaiah), the god of death, to restore her husband to life.

Synopsis

There was a Prince in Hindustan named Ashwapati, ruling over the kingdom of Madra. He married Queen Malavi. Even after a longtime they did not have a child. He invoked Savitri, his favorite deity and by the grace of god, they had a daughter; named as Savitri. She grew into a lovely maiden and was always playing in the palace and in the forest with her companion Vasantika. She often used to relate her dreams to her companion and once she portrayed in words the form and beauty of her beloved.

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Surabhi Kamalabai
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