Headline
South China Morning Post News 1914-06-18
Newspaper Source
Publication Date
1914-06-18
- Publication Year
1914
Page
7
Column
Southern News
Key Person
Film Projector / Film(s)
Raja Harishchandra
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Actors
D.D. Dabke
Director
Dhundiraj Govind Phalke
Writer
Dhundiraj Govind Phalke
Country
India
Released
1913-05-03
Runtime
40 min
Genre
Short
Language
None
Plot
The film opens with a Ravi Varma like tableau showing King Harishchandra, his wife Taramati and his young son. The king is teaching his son archery. They go on a hunt. The king enters an ...
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Summary
A Bombay contemporary says that D. G. Phalke went to England to study the art of filmmaking and its latest adaptations has been engaged in taking well-known Hindu dreams such as Harischandra, Nala-Damayanti and Savitri in films.
Type
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