Vishvamitra

Mahayoddha Rama (2010)

Actors: Javed Akhtar (writer), Vikram Gokhale (actor), Gulshan Grover (actor), Raza Murad (actor), Mukesh Rishi (actor), Jimmy Shergill (actor), Sameera Reddy (actress), Suchitra Pillai-Malik (actress), Kunal Kapoor (actor), Roshan Abbas (actor), Ashok Banker (writer), Ashok Banker (writer), Ashok Banker (writer), Rohit Vaid (director),

Sita Swayamvar (1976)

Actors: Jamuna (actress), Gummadi (actor), Satyanarayana Kaikala (actor), Bapu (director), Mahadevan K.V. (composer), Purnima (actress), Jayapradha (actress), Jayapradha (actress), Mukkamala (actor), Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair (actor), Kanta Rao (actor), Mikkilineni (actor), Hemalatha (actress), P.L. Santoshi (writer), Dhulipala (actor),

Plot: After years of worship, Shiva devotee Ravan acquires powers as well as immortality and misuses them to oppress the demigods and women. One of the women he molests is none other than an avatar of Goddess Lakshmi who swears to bring his kingdom, Lanka, to ashes. Worried demigods approach Lord Vishnu, who decides to end Ravan's misrule, by taking birth as Ram, the eldest son of Maharaj (King) Dashrath of Ayodhya; while Sheshnag, his conch and discus are reincarnated as Lakshman, Bharat and Shatrughan respectively, and his spouse, Lakshmi, takes birth as Sita. Vishnu announces that Ravan will meet his end at the very hands of the ones he always looked down upon - humans and monkeys. When her father announces Sita's Swayamvar (groom selecting ceremony), Maharishi Vishmamitra asks Ram to accompany him to participate. It is here that Ram meets Ravan, one of the competitors to try and win Sita's hand in marriage. But it is after the ceremony that Ram will have to face the wrath of none other than warrior-sage Parshuram for desecrating and breaking the bow of Lord Shiva.

Satya Harishchandra (1965)

Actors: Rajkumar (actor), Balkrishna (actor), Pandharibai (actress), Udaya Kumar (actor), Hunsur Krishnamurthy (director), Pendyala Nageshwara Rao (composer), Narasimhraju (actor), Aswath (actor), M.P. Shankar (actor), Baby Padmini (actress), Dwarkeesh (actor),

Plot: This movie is based on the great poet Raghavanka's 'Harishchandra Kavya'. Satya Harishchandra is an epic based on the mythological King Raja Harishchandra who was renowned for upholding truth under any circumstance. So much is his resolve that Harishchandra and his family are sold into bondage and separated.

Shakuntala (1941)

Actors: Jyotish Bannerjee (director), Dhiraj Bhattacharya (actor), Sandhyarani (actress), Manoranjan Bhattacharya (actor), Krishna Chandra Dey (composer), Joy Narayan Mukherjee (actor), Ahi Sanyal (actor), Satya Mukherjee (actor), Purnima Devi (actress), Jyotsna Gupta (actress), Usha Devi (actress), Manorama Devi (actress), Meera Devi (actress), Miss Mandira (actress), Miss Labanya (actress),

Raja Harishchandra (1913)

Actors: Dhundiraj Govind Phalke (writer), Dhundiraj Govind Phalke (producer), Dhundiraj Govind Phalke (director), G.V. Sane (actor), Anna Salunke (actress), D.D. Dabke (actor), Ganpat G. Shinde (actor), P.G. Sane (actor), Ranchhodbai Udayram (writer), Bhalachandra D. Phalke (actor), Dattatreya Telang (actor), Dattatreya Kshirsagar (actor), Vishnu Hari Aundhkar (actor), Nath T. Telang (actor),

Plot: The film opens with a Ravi Varma like tableau showing King Harishchandra, his wife Taramati and his young son. The king is teaching his son archery. They go on a hunt. The king enters an area controlled by the Sage Vishwamitra. Three furies appear before the king caught in flames. The king tries to rescue them. These fairies try to seduce the king into renouncing his kingdom for his love of truth. The king endures much hardship including being banished from his kingdom before a god appears to reassure everyone that the whole narrative was merely a test of the king's integrity.