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| caption = Kamat around the early 1900s
| birth_date = {{circa|1899}}
| death_date = {{Death date|1997|5|17|df=y}}
| occupation = Actor
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'''Durgabai Kamat''' (1899 – 17 May 1997){{citation required|date=November 2022}} was a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] actress, who was the first actress in [[Indian cinema]].<ref name=toi/>
'''Durgabai Kamat''' (1899 – 17 May 1997){{citation required|date=November 2022}} was a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] actress, who was the first actress in [[Indian cinema]].<ref name=toi/>

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Durgabai Kamat
Kamat around the early 1900s
Bornc. 1899
Died(1997-05-17)17 May 1997
OccupationActor

Durgabai Kamat (1899 – 17 May 1997)[citation needed] was a Marathi actress, who was the first actress in Indian cinema.[1]

Early and personal life

Kamat was born in a brahmin 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]

Career

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 [4] 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.[5]

Death

Kamat died on 17 May 1997, in Pune, Maharashtra, at the age of 98.[citation needed]

Filmography

Year Titel Role Notes
1913 Mohini Bhasmasur Parvati

References

  1. ^ a b "Vikram Gokhale has an illustrious family lineage". The Times of India. 23 January 2013. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Durgabai Kamat: The First Female Actor In Indian Cinema". Idiva Dot Com. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  3. ^ Veteran actor Gokhale dead, The Times of India, 21 June 2008.
  4. ^ Durgabai Kamat at IMDb
  5. ^ Riya Chakravarty (3 May 2013). "Indian cinema@100: First women on screen: Durgabai Kamat and her daughter Kamlabai Ghokhle". NDTV. Retrieved 9 May 2013.