Raja Harishchandra is a 1913 silent film, directed and produced by Dadasaheb Phalke. It is widely regarded as the first full-length feature film ever made in India, and it premiered on May 3, 1913, at ...

To mark 100 years of Indian cinema, four films of Dadasaheb Phalke -- Kaliya Mardan (1919), Shri Krishna Janma (1918), Lanka Dahan (1917) and Raja Harishchandra (1913) -- were screened. Eleven silent ...

Lucknow: Nautanki 'Raja Bharthari' was performed on the third day of the five-day theatre festival 'Urmil Rang Mahotsav' held at UP Sangeet Natak Akademi on Thursday. Written by Hukumchand Vaishnoi ...

Cinema was started in 1913 with Raja Harishchandra being the Indian silent film directed and produced by Dadasaheb Phalke. It is often considered the first full-length Indian feature film. Raja ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off the inaugural World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) in Mumbai today (May 1). While addressing the illustrious guests, who included the who's who ...

Only half of India’s first ‘indigenous/desi’ film, Raja Harishchandra survives. The industry it spawned is an amalgamation of myriad world cinema influences today, but the debut feature from India’s ...

The word Yakshgana literally translated means the songs of the demi-gods. These performances started sometime during the 11th century during the Vaishnava Bhakti movement in the coastal areas of ...

Bangkok, Jun 23 (PTI) Music composer Pritam Chakraborty resurrected Dadasaheb Phalke’s classic “Raja Harishchandra” with his soulful and riveting live music at the IIFA Rocks here. The ace composer ...