Raja Harishchandra is a 1913 Indian silent film directed and produced by Dadasaheb Phalke. It is often considered the first full-length Indian feature film. Raja Harishchandra features Dattatraya Damodar Dabke, Anna Salunke, Bhalchandra Phalke. and Gajanan Vasudev Sane. It is based on the legend of Harishchandra, with Dabke portraying the title character. The film, being silent, had English, Marathi, and Hindi-language intertitles.
Publicity poster for film show at the Coronation Cinematograph and Variety Hall, Girgaon
Painting by Raja Ravi Varma, depicting Harishchandra parting with his wife and son
Phalke seated on a chair with a small roll of film in his hands
Anna Salunke as Sita in Lanka Dahan (1917)
Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke, was an Indian producer-director-screenwriter, known as "the Father of Indian cinema".
Phalke seated on a chair with a small roll of film in his hands
Phalke on a 1971 stamp of India