‘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 fi...
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