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  1. Kamlabai was 25 when she became a widow, pregnant with her third child. Born in 1900,daughter of Durgabai Kamat, a famous yesteryear actress. Career. Her first stage appearance was at the age of four.

  2. Jun 27, 2014 · But she became a widow at the age of 25, pregnant with the third child. Women acting in theatre and cinema were considered a taboo in the early 1900s. For the same reason when Dadasaheb Phalke made first Indian feature film, he was forced to employ male artists in the female roles.

  3. Kamlabai was not yet 25 when she became a widow, pregnant with her third child. “I had to work with men keeping a strict control over my senses. It was a matter of just one slip. I had my family-my mother and children-to take care of. As for women, they had always maintained a distance from me.

  4. Kamlabai was 25 when she became a widow, pregnant with her third child. Kamalabai Gokhale: Filmography (15) (All Kamalabai Gokhale Movies)

    • (Age at Death: 92 years 0 months 0 days)
    • Kamla Kamat, Kamlabai Kamath, Kamlabai
    • 1900
  5. Jan 4, 1998 · In 1913, Dadasaheb Phalke cast Kamlabai in Mohini Bhasmasur (1913), the first Indian film to star a woman and made shortly after the pioneering Raja Harishchandra. Years passed, courage didn't. Aged but agile, her last battles were with the newspaper, magnifying glass in hand.

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  6. Feb 4, 2022 · Kamlabai Gokhale broke the glass ceiling in Indian cinema when she became the first woman to be cast in a film, in 1913. And the filmmaker was none other than Dadasaheb Phalke, the founder of Indian cinema. Read her incredible story

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  8. Mar 4, 2020 · Kamlabai married at the age of 13 with her coworker Raghunathrao Gokhale. They also acted together in several historical or mythological plays. Sadly, she widowed at the age of 24. This gave her a huge debt but she continued to work as her mother did to support her family. Theatre always remained the first love for Kamlabai.