Harishchandra is a 1932 Tamil mythological film directed by Raja Chandrasekhar and Sarvottam Badami for Sagar Movietone.
The second Tamil sound film was Galava Rishi produced by Sagar Movietone and directed by Sarvottam Badami.
Raja Harishchandra is approached by the sage Vishwamitra and asked to fulfil a vow he made the latter in his dream of bequeathing his entire kingdom to him.
Vishwamitra further claims that the king owes him another boon and in order to pay, Harishchandra has to sell his wife and son as bonded labourers in a Brahmin's house.
According to Bhaskaran, Harishchandra was made in twenty-one days and hence important elements like continuity were lost in the rush of filming.