Celebrating 110 years of India's first feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' – mid-day.com

Raja Harishchandra Is thought to be the primary full-length function movie ever made in India

Raja Harishchandra is a 1913 Indian silent movie directed and produced by Dadasaheb Phalke.

Dadasaheb Phalke held the primary present of ‘Raja Harishchandra’ – which is extensively thought of the primary Indian function movie – at Bombay’s Olympia Image Palace on April 21, 1913. It was commercially premiered on Might 3 at Coronation Cinematograph and Selection Corridor, Sandhurst Street, Girgaum, Bombay.

The film depicts the story of King Harishchandra, an historical ruler from India, recognized for his honesty. ‘Raja Harishchandra’ options Dattatraya Damodar Dabke, Anna Salunke, Bhalchandra Phalke, and Gajanan Vasudev Sane.

Dadasaheb Phalke funded the film himself. When he returned to India, he encashed his life insurance coverage insurance policies and his spouse bought her jewelry to acquire the cash required to make the film. 

A piece of the Nationwide Museum of Indian Cinema in Mumbai is devoted to ‘Raja Harishchandra’. The movie took Phalke seven months and 21 days in complete to finish.