Anna Salunke | |
---|---|
![]() Salunke as Sita in Lanka Dahan | |
Born | c. 1897 |
Died | 1944 |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation(s) | Actor, cinematographer |
Anna Hari Salunke (c. 1897-1944), 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.[1][2] He is the first person to perform as a heroine in Indian cinema when he played the role of Queen Taramati in Dada Saheb Phalke's first full-length film, Raja Harishchandra (1913). In 1917, Salunke became the first to play a double role in Indian cinema, by playing the roles of both the hero and heroine in Lanka Dahan.
Schulze2003
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).