Seeta was a 1933 Indian talkie Bengali film, directed by Debaki Bose and produced by the East India Film Company.[1] It won an honorary diploma in the 2nd Venice International Film Festival in 1934, becoming the first Indian talkie to be shown at an international film festival.[2] The film starred Gul Hamid, Prithviraj Kapoor as Rama, Durga Khote as Sita and Trilok Kapoor as Luv.

Promotional poster of 1934 film Seeta
Durga Khote in Seeta
Shooting of Seeta

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  1. ^ Bhagwan Das Garg (1996). So many cinemas: the motion picture in India. Eminence Designs. p. 86. ISBN 81-900602-1-X.
  2. ^ Mukherjee, Madhuja (2 January 2017). Voices of the Talking Stars: Women of Indian Cinema and Beyond. SAGE Publications India. p. 103. ISBN 978-93-81345-22-1.

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