Raja Harishchandra

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Raja Harishchandra
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 Flag of India 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.

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Raja Harishchandra at the Internet Movie Database

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