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-'''Durgabai Kamat''' (1899 – 17 May 1997) was a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] actress, who was the first actress of [[Indian cinema]].<ref name=toi/> In the early 1900s, acting in film or theatre was a taboo for women, so much so [[Dadasaheb Phalke]], the father of Indian cinema, had to use male actors to female role in first Indian film, ''[[Raja Harishchandra]]'', however with its success, female actress were encouraged, thus he introduced Kamat in his 1913 second movie ''[[Mohini Bhasmasur]]'' <ref>{{IMDb name|0244038}}</ref> as a leading lady Parvati, while her daughter  '''[[Kamlabai Gokhale]]'''  (born Kamlabai Kamat), played the role of  as Mohini, thus becoming the first female child actress of Indian cinema. After Kamat other actress started working in cinema.<ref>{{cite news |title=Indian cinema@100: First women on screen: Durgabai Kamat and her daughter Kamlabai Ghokhle|author= Riya Chakravarty   |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/indian-cinema-100-40-firsts-in-indian-cinema-362362 |publisher=NDTV |date=3 May 2013 |accessdate=9 May 2013}}</ref>
+'''Durgabai Kamat''' (1899 – 17 May 1997) was a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] actress, who was the first actress in [[Indian cinema]].<ref name=toi/> In the early 1900s, acting in film or theatre was a taboo for women, so much so [[Dadasaheb Phalke]], the father of Indian cinema, had to use male actors for female roles in first Indian film, ''[[Raja Harishchandra]]''. However with its success, female actresses were encouraged. Thus he introduced Kamat in his 1913 second movie ''[[Mohini Bhasmasur]]'' <ref>{{IMDb name|0244038}}</ref> as a leading lady Parvati, while her daughter  '''[[Kamlabai Gokhale]]'''  (born Kamlabai Kamat), played the role of Mohini, thus becoming the first female child actress of Indian cinema. After Kamat, other actresses started working in cinema.<ref>{{cite news |title=Indian cinema@100: First women on screen: Durgabai Kamat and her daughter Kamlabai Ghokhle|author= Riya Chakravarty   |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/indian-cinema-100-40-firsts-in-indian-cinema-362362 |publisher=NDTV |date=3 May 2013 |accessdate=9 May 2013}}</ref>
 Durgabai was also the maternal grandmother of veteran Marathi actor [[Chandrakant Gokhale]],<ref>[https://archive.today/20130103075140/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-06-21/pune/27752775_1_chandrakant-gokhale-marathi-actor Veteran actor Gokhale dead], ''[[The Times of India]]'', 21 June 2008.</ref> and the great-grandmother of actors [[Vikram Gokhale]] and [[Mohan Gokhale]].<ref name=toi>{{cite news |title=Vikram Gokhale has an illustrious family lineage|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-23/did-you-know-/32605578_1_lineage-artiste-durgabai-kamat |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629123325/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-23/did-you-know-/32605578_1_lineage-artiste-durgabai-kamat |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2013 |date=23 January 2013  |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=9 May 2013}}</ref>
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