‘Raja Harishchandra’ the 1st film in India

 


‘Raja Harishchandra’ was the first feature film in India recognized by The Government of India. This film was directed and produced by Dadasaheb Phalke.

On 3rd May 1913, the film was released at the CoronationCinematograph. Before the film released in theater, Phalke arranged a premiere show at the Olympia Theatre, Bombay on 21 April at 9:00 pm for some selected audiences.  

Basically, it was a silent film intertitled with English, Hindi and Marathi language. It is considered to be the first full length movie which play time of 40 minutes. It was a commercially successful film.  

The main plot of the film was based on the legendary king of Harishchandra from Mahabharata. In the movie, Dattatraya Damodar played the lead role of king Harishchandra and Anna Salunke, who was an actor played the women role Taramati, Harishchandra's wife. Because at that time, women couldn’t convince act in front of a camera in India.

This film was inspired by the film named ‘The Life ofChrist’ (1906), directed by Alice Guy-Blaché. After watching Jesus life on the screen play, Phalke was decided to create a moving film. For that reason, he went to London and completed a two-week filmmaking techniques learning course. Then he came back to India and established Phalke Films company in 1912.    

After that he tried to find a suitable plot for his feature film. His family short listed two stories from Hindu mythology. Then he decided to make his 1st film about the legend king Harishchandra and wrote the movie script.

But in those days, making a film was not so easy to right now. Despite so many obstacles Phalke had to find out his cast and crew and started filming. To fulfill his filmmaking dream come true, Phalke sold out all his property and spending his all money to import film making instruments from England, France, Germany, and the United States. That’s why in real life, his friends and family often called him Harishchandra.

After reading about this film making history, I was totally surprised. Now, I realized creating a history, it’s not an easy part. From the core of my heart, I salute this legendary director Dadasaheb Phalke who created a history in the Indian film industry.



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