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.
Dr. Rajkumar
as Raja Harishchandra
Pandari Bai
as Chandramathi
Udaykumar
as Vishvamitra
T. R. Narasimharaju
as Nakshatrika
M. P. Shankar
as Veerabahu
K. S. Ashwath
as Vasishta
