Raja Harishchandra
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Raja Harishchandra | |
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Directed by | Dadasaheb Phalke |
Written by | Dadasaheb Phalke Ranchhodbai Udayram(story) |
Starring | D.D. Dabke P.G. Sane |
Cinematography | Trymbak B. Telang |
Release date(s) | 1913 |
Country | India |
Language | Silent film |
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Raja Harishchandra was the first full-length Indian feature film. It is a 1913 silent Indian film directed by Dadasaheb Phalke, based on the legend of Harishchandra, recounted in Ramayana and Mahabharata. Phalke was greatly influenced by the style of painter Raja Ravi Verma in the making of this film.