who played the female lead in india's first full-length feature film raja harishchandra
Raja Harishchandra Dattatraya Damodar Dabke, a Marathi stage actor played the lead role of Raja Harishchandra. The female lead role of Chandramathi, Harishchandra's wife was played by Anna Salunke, a male actor. Phalke's son Bhalchandra D. Phalke was the child artist who donned the role of Lohitashwa, son of Harishchandra.[2] Sage Vishwamitra's role was played by G.V. Sane. The story was an adaptation from the Hindu mythology and was scripted by DadaSaheb Phalke. Other artists in the film were: