On March 3, in 2022, the Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai declared the day Vishwa Kannada Cinema Dina, or World Kannada Cinema Day, adding that the international film festival will now be held on the same date every year. The reason Bommai made the announcement was “exactly 88 years ago, on March 3, 1934, the first Kannada talkie film Sati Sulochana was released”. As Bommai lost power, his dream of honouring March 3 fizzled out, and no preparations are underway to mark 90 years of Kannada cinema. But as Kannada cinema’s first talkie is silently on its way to mark 9 decades of existence, some are busy tracing the fascinating story of the movie’s making.