D. D. Dabke or Dattatraya Damodar Dabke was an actor in the first ever

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

full length silent film '' Raja Harishchandra'', directed by Dadasaheb Phalke in 1913. He co-starred with

Anna Salunke Anna Hari Salunke, also known as A. Salunke and Annasaheb Saluke, was an Indian actor who performed female roles in very early Indian cinema and also a cinematographer. He is credited as the first person to perform as a heroine in Indian cinema ...

. He acted in three more movies ''Satyavadi Raja Harishchandra'' (1917), ''Lanka Dahan'' (1917), ''Shri Krishna Janma'' (1918) and later became a cinematographer, as well as a director. He directed the 1924 remake of ''Raja Harishchandra''

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Indian male silent film actors 20th-century Indian male actors 1885 births 1946 deaths Male actors from British India {{India-actor-stub