Sairandhri

Sairandhri (1933)

सैरंध्री

Set during the Pandavas’ exile in the Mahabharata, the story focuses on Draupadi living incognito as a maid-in-waiting named Sairandhari in King Virata’s palace. The arrogant Keechak becomes obsessed with her, prompting Bhima (disguised as a cook) to intervene and kill Keechak to protect her honor.

Date of release
1933-01-01
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 28m
Genres
Drama
Director
Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre

Casting

Interesting facts

Sairandhari (सैरंध्री) a 1933 Indian film based on an episode from the Mahabharata and directed by V. Shantaram. The film was a bilingual made as Sairandhari in both Marathi and Hindi. Produced by Prabhat Film Company, it has been cited as one of the 21 "most wanted missing Indian treasures" by P K. Nair, the National Film Archive of India founder. The music composer was Govindrao Tembe. The cast included Master Vinayak, Leela, Prabhavati, Shakuntala, G.R. Mane, Nimbalkar and Shankarrao Bhosle.

Production

Shantaram had been impressed by the "technical virtuosity" in films of Pabst, Lang, and Max Ophuls. Sairandhari was made in colour but for processing Shantaram took it to the UFA studios in Germany. However, the technique failed and the film was released as a Black-and-white production as the colours turned out to be too garish. The film was stated as the first Indian colour film, the processing was done in Germany.

The film is also credited as having the first original soundtrack disc. The Gramaphone Records were "pressed" from the original soundtrack in Germany.

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