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continuing her pursuit. Finally, Yama tells her she can ask three boons of him except for Satyavan's life. The boons Savitri asks for are: sight for her father-in-law and restoration of his kingdom, her father should be granted a hundred sons, and last, she be granted a hundred sons. Yama gives in to her request, thereby restoring Satyavan's life. Her father-in-law's sight is restored and he learns of the death of his usurper.
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as a sister, to Ashwapati, the King of Madra and his wife Malawi. Savitri meets and falls in love with Satyavan, the son of the blind King Dumatasena. Dumtasena's Minister has taken over his kingdom and exiled the king, who now lives in the forest. When Savitri decides to marry Satyavan, the sage
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advises against it, as according to the planetary charts, Satyavan will die a year following their marriage. However, Savitri insists on going ahead, ready to take on Yama the God of death. A year later when Savitri sees Yama carrying Satyavan's soul she follows and discourses with him, while
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Music was composed by Saraswati Devi with lyrics by J. S. Casshyap. The singers were Devika Rani, Ashok Kumar, Sushila Bhiwandkar, Chandraprabha, and P. F. Pithawala.
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with dialogues by J. S. Casshyap. The cinematographer was Joseph Wirsching. Saraswati Devi composed the music. According to Garga,
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There were about thirty-four versions of the Savitri Satyavan films made. One of the earliest was the film
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Savitri is born as a boon from the Sun God and thus shares a blood-relation with
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for Bombay Talkies, who were known for making "rurlist reform dramas".
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played the lead roles supported by Maya Devi, Saroj Borkar,
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Index

British India

Franz Osten
Niranjan Pal
Bombay Talkies
Devika Rani
Ashok Kumar
Mumtaz Ali
Saraswati Devi
British India
Hindi
1937
Hindi film
Franz Osten
Niranjan Pal
Himanshu Rai
Ashok Kumar
Devika Rani
Mumtaz Ali
Mahabharata
Savitri and Satyavan
Yama
Karna
Narada
Devika Rani
Ashok Kumar
Mumtaz Ali
P. F. Pithawala
Dadasaheb Phalke
J. J. Madan

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