Mohini Bhasmasur

Mohini Bhasmasur
Directed byDadasaheb Phalke
Written byDadasaheb Phalke
Produced byDadasaheb Phalke
Starring
CinematographyDadasaheb Phalke
Distributed byDadasaheb Phalke
Release date
  • November 1913 (1913-11)
CountryIndia
LanguagesSilent film
Marathi intertitles

Mohini Bhasmasur is a 1913 Indian mythological film directed by Dadasaheb Phalke and starring Kamlabai Gokhale and Durgabai Kamat. It is India's and Phalke's second full-length feature film. Mohini Bhasmasur is the first Indian film to have a female actor. In Raja Harischandra, India's and Phalke's first film, the role of the female was played by Anna Salunke, a male.[1][2]

  1. ^ Ganti, Tejaswini (2004). Bollywood: A Guidebook To Popular Hindi Cinema. Routledge. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-415-28853-8. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  2. ^ Dwyer, Rachel (30 August 2006). Filming the Gods: Religion and Indian Cinema. Routledge. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-203-08865-4. Retrieved 1 April 2013.