What did Deepti Bhatnagar play in her first film role?
Deepti Bhatnagar Deepti Bhatnagar (born 30 September 1967) is an Indian film actress and model. Her first film role came in Sanjay Gupta's "Ram Shastra", also starring Jackie Shroff and Manisha Koirala. Some of her better known works include the Telugu film, "Pelli Sandadi", the American film, "Inferno" and the Bollywood film, "Mann".
Durgabai Kamat Durgabai Kamat (1899 – May 17, 1997) was a Marathi actress, who was the first female actress of Indian cinema. 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" 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.