Kamlabai Gokhale

Kamlabai Gokhale, born Kamlabai Kamath, was one of the first actresses in Indian cinema, along with her mother Durgabai Kamat.[1]

Kamalabai Gokhle
Born1909
Bombay
Died1997
OccupationActress
Spouse(s)Raghunathrao Gokhale
Children3, including Chandrakant Gokhale
Parent(s)Anand Nanoskar (father)
Durgabai Kamat (mother)

Personal life

She was the daughter of Durgabai Kamat and Anand Nanoskar, a professor of history at the J.J. School of Art . She married Raghunathrao Gokhale and had three children, Chandrakant Gokhale, Lalji Gokhale and Suryakant Gokhale. Chandrakant Gokhale is the father of Vikram Gokhale (occasionally credited as Vikram Gokhle), a well-known Indian film, television and stage actor. Lalji Gokhale and Suryakant Gokhale were acclaimed Tabala maestros. Kamlabai was 25 when she became a widow, pregnant with her third child. Born in 1909,daughter of Durgabai Kamat, famous yesteryear actress.

Career

Her first stage appearance was at the age of four.

Around 1912-1913, Dadasaheb Phalke, the pioneering film-maker of India, was casting for his film Mohini Bhasmasur and he chose Kamlabai for the lead.[2] Her mother played the role of Parvati. Phalke had been forced to use a young male cook, Salunke, to play the female lead in his earlier film, Raja Harishchandra, for lack of an actress.

By the time she was 15, Kamlabai had become a celebrity.

The following year she married Raghunathrao Gokhale. He had been with the Kirloskar Natak Company where he usually performed female roles. But his voice was breaking and so he moved to his brother’s company, which was the same one where Kamlabai and her mother were employed. The young couple was cast as the new lead pair of the company.

In the 1930s, Kamlabai worked under Veer Savarkar in the play Ushaap, which focussed on the plight of Harijans.[3] Kamalabai worked in around 35 movies. Her last film was Gehrayee (1980).

Filmography
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References
  1. "Entertainment Bureau | Kamala Bai Gokhale | First Indian actress". Entertainmentbureau.in. 7 June 2012. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  2. "History of Indian Cinema". Cinemaofmalayalam.net. 21 April 1913. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  3. "First Lady Of The Silver Screen-Struggle, Survival And Success". Indiaprofile.com. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
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