Little-Known Facts About Kannada Cinema's 1st Talkie Film Sati Sulochana
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Little-Known Facts About Kannada Cinema's 1st Talkie Film Sati Sulochana

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Exactly 89 years ago, in 1943, the first Kannada talkie film Sati Sulochana was released in theatres on March 3 to start an industry, which, after almost nine decades, has marked its footprint in the world. Sati Sulochana, produced by Shah Chamanlal Doongaji, generated enormous interest among the people with many even from small towns and villages having visited Bengaluru in bullock carts to watch it. Chamanlal and Shah Bhurmal Chamanlalji who owned the production company named South India Movietone at the time approached Yaragudipati Varada Rao in 1932 to direct the film based on the Ramayana. Sati Sulochana featured Subbaiah Naidu, Tripuramba, R Nagendra Rao, Lakshmi Bai, CV Seshachalam, DA Murthy Rao and SK Padmadevi in prominent roles.

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