While Dadasaheb Phalke’s contributions to Indian cinema are revered today, the story of how he made India’s first feature film, Raja Harishchandra (1913), nearly went untold on the big screen.

In 1913, director Dadasaheb (Dhundiraj Govind) Phalke released Raja Harishchandra, India’s first feature film. A century later, the University of Chicago is bringing together cinema experts and ...

India's first ever silent feature film - Raja Harishchandra - in 1913, was made with Marathi language title cards. Over the past few decades, though, Marathi cinema lost its way, overshadowed by Hindi ...

Widely regarded as the father of Indian cinema, Dadasaheb Phalke directed India's first full-length feature film, ‘Raja Harishchandra’, in 1913. In 2023, director S.S. Rajamouli announced a film ...

Before Durgabai Kamat stepped into films, no Indian women appeared on screen. Acting in cinema was seen as taboo and morally questionable for women. All female characters in Raja Harishchandra (1913), ...

MUMBAI, (IANS) – The recently released song ‘Geejaga Hakki’ from Coke Studio Bharat, which centers around the themes of truth and justice, draws inspiration from various retellings of Raja ...

Dadasaheb Phalke is known as the Father Of Indian Cinema as he is the maker of the first Indian movie, Raja Harishchandra, which was released in 1913. He later made many movies, and at the National ...