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Durgabai Kamat | |
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| Born | c. 1879 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Children | Kamlabai Gokhale (daughter) |
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Durgabai Kamat (c. 1879) was a Marathi actress, who was the first actress in Indian cinema. [1]
Kamat was born in a Hindu family. [2] She was also the maternal grandmother of veteran Marathi actor Chandrakant Gokhale, [3] and the great-grandmother of actors Vikram Gokhale and Mohan Gokhale. [1]
In the early 1900s, acting in film or theatre was a taboo for women, so much so Dadasaheb Phalke, the father of Indian cinema, had to use male actors for female roles in first Indian film, Raja Harishchandra . However with its success, female actresses were encouraged. Thus he introduced Kamat in his 1913 second movie Mohini Bhasmasur as a leading lady Parvati, while her daughter Kamlabai Gokhale, played the role of Mohini, thus becoming the first female child actress of Indian cinema. After Kamat, other actresses started working in cinema. [4]
Kamat died on 17 May 1997, in Pune, Maharashtra, aged 98.[ citation needed ]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1913 | Mohini Bhasmasur | Parvati |
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