D. D. Dabke Explained

Dattatraya Damodar Dabke
Birth Date:	1885
Birth Place:	Asud, Dapoli, Bombay Presidency, British India
Death Date:	^[1]
Nationality:	Indian

D. D. Dabke or Dattatraya Damodar Dabke was an actor in the first ever Indian full length silent film Raja Harishchandra, directed by Dadasaheb Phalke in 1913.^[2] He co-starred with Anna Salunke. 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^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: D D Dabke. filmhistory. Indian. 16 July 2021. IndianFilmHistory. 2021-07-16.
2. Book: Watve, Bapu. Dadasaheb Phalke, The Father of Indian Cinema. 2012. 2004. National Book Trust. 978-81-237-4319-6. 38. Virkar, S. A..
3. News: 100 years of Indian cinema: How Bombay became Bollywood. Sen. Shomini. CNN-news18. 19 February 2013. 7 July 2018.