''Satyavan Savitri'' (Marathi: सत्यवान सावित्री) is a 1914 Indian

silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...

, directed and produced by Indian icon

Dadasaheb Phalke Dhundiraj Govind Phalke (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, ̪ʱuɳɖiɾaːd͡ʒ pʰaːɭke, popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke (30 April 1870 – 16 February 1944), was an Indian producer-director-screenwriter, known as "the Father of Indian ...

. It was the second feature film created by

Overview

The film is based on the '

Savitri and Satyavan ''Savitri and Satyavan'', also called ''Sāvitrī-Upākhyāna'' and ''Pativrata-mahatmya Parva'', is an episode from the Indian epic '' Mahabharata'', appearing in the ''Vana Parva'' (The Book of the Forest). It tells the story of Princess Savitr ...

' story appearing in the 'Book of Forest' of the ''

Mahabharat The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; , , ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered as Smriti texts in Hinduism, the other being the '' Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kurukshetra War, a war of succes ...

''. This movie was also referenced in the movie ''

Harishchandrachi Factory ''Harishchandrachi Factory'' (; ) is a 2009 Indian Marathi language, Marathi-language Biographical film, biographical film written and directed by Paresh Mokashi. It is about Dadasaheb Phalke, who made the first Indian feature film ''Raja Harish ...

''. A scene portraying the advertising campaign for this film is shown Rajkumar Chaudhary

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