{{Blacklisted-links|1= *https://chasingcinema.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/text.pdf *:''Triggered by <code>\bfiles\.wordpress\.com\b</code> on the global blacklist''|bot=Cyberbot II|invisible=true}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}} {{Infobox film | name = Sathi Ahalya | image = | alt = | caption = | director = [[T. R. Sundaram]] | producer = [[T. R. Sundaram]] | writer = | screenplay = | story = | based_on = {{based on|[[Ahalya]]|[[Hindu mythology]]}} | starring = [[K. Thavamani Devi]]<br />S. D. Subbaiah | narrator = | music = R. Balusami | cinematography = | editing = | studio = [[Modern Theatres]] Ltd. | distributor = | released = {{film date|df=yes|1937|3|10|India}}<ref name=anandan>{{cite book|url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1937-cinedetails8.asp|title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru|trans-title=History of Landmark Tamil Films|publisher=Sivakami Publishers|author=Film News Anandan|authorlink=Film News Anandan|date= 23 October 2004|location=Chennai|language=Tamil|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027055159/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1937-cinedetails8.asp|url-status=usurped|archivedate=27 October 2017}}</ref> | runtime = 2:35:33 (14,000 ft.) | country = India | language = Tamil | budget = | gross = }} '''''Sathi Ahalya''''' is a [[List of Tamil films of the 1930s|1937]] Indian, [[Tamil language]] film directed by [[T. R. Sundaram]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha |author2=Paul Willemen |title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|publisher=Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998|pages=639 |url=https://chasingcinema.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/text.pdf}} - written as Sati Ahalya</ref> The film featured [[K. Thavamani Devi]] as Ahalya in her debut role.
==Plot== The film depicts the story of [[Ahalya]], wife of [[Gautama Maharishi]], as told in Hindu mythology. Ahalya was turned into a stone by her husband as punishment for she was said to have been unfaithful to him. However, she gets back to her own self when [[Rama]]'s feet touches the stone.
==Cast== Cast according to the film's song book<ref>[https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP689-27-1-2#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&xywh=-393%2C-159%2C5072%2C3164 Song book]</ref> * [[K. Thavamani Devi]] as Ahalikai ([[Ahalya]]) * T. M. Shankar as [[Indra]]n * S. D. Subbaiah as [[Narada]]r * S. V. Dhathachar as [[Gautama Maharishi|Gauthamar]] * S. N. Sivakozhundu as [[Vishvamitra|Vishwamitrar]] * T. R. Thulasi Bai as [[Indrani]] * S. L. Venkitanarayana Iyengar as Comedian * S. S. Sakunthala as Comedian * Venu Bai, Rathnam, [[U. R. Jeevarathnam|Jeevarathnam]].
==Production== This is the first film produced by [[Modern Theatres]] shot in their own studios.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Founder-of-Modern-Theatres-remembered/article14598720.ece| title=Founder of Modern Theatres remembered| work=[[The Hindu]] | date=31 August 2016| accessdate=20 November 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120023208/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Founder-of-Modern-Theatres-remembered/article14598720.ece| archivedate=20 November 2017}}</ref> 117 films were made in this studio from 1937 till 1982 including the first full-length Tamil colour film [[Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum (1956 film)]].<ref name=hindu>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/03/08/stories/2004030809630400.htm | title=It is curtains for tinsel world's dream factory | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=8 March 2004 | accessdate=20 November 2017| url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120025304/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/03/08/stories/2004030809630400.htm| archivedate=20 November 2017}}</ref>
==Soundtrack== R. Balusami composed the music while the lyrics were penned by [[Madhurakavi Bhaskara Das|Baskaradas]]
==References== {{reflist}} {{T. R. Sundaram}} {{Modern Theatres}}
[[Category:Hindu mythological films]] [[Category:Films directed by T. R. Sundaram]] [[Category:Films based on the Ramayana]] [[Category:Indian black-and-white films]] [[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]] [[Category:1937 Tamil-language films]] [[Category:1937 Indian films]]