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Director: Reena Mohan
Year: 1991
Country: India
Duration: 56
Format: 16mm (digital transfer)
Audio: Marathi and Hindi spoken, English subtitles
Kamlabai Gokhale was one of the first actors of India, and the first lady of Indian cinema. This film follows conversations with Kamlabai as she talks about her present, past and her future through photographs, enactments from a play, and music from the beginning of this century. Kamlabai offers a unique and rarely explored perspective of the history of Indian cinema and theatre as experienced by a woman who struggled against the social structures of her times.
In the presence of Reena Mohan and followed by a conversation between Reena Mohan and Shai Heredia.