Featuring adventurous and comic episodes from the life of Krishna, played by Mandakini Phalke, the film features the famed special effects skills of the pioneering figure, Dadasaheb Phalke. The screening of the surviving fragments of the film will be accompanied by live music by the ensemble, Satyaki Banerjee and team.
Dadasaheb Phalke was an Indian producer, director, and screenwriter, popularly known as the Father of Indian cinema. His debut film, Raja Harishchandra, was the first Indian movie released in 1913, and is now known as India's first full-length feature film. He made 94 feature-length films and 27 short films in his career. Some of his most noted works include: Mohini Bhasmasur (1913), Satyavan Savitri (1914), Lanka Dahan (1917), Shri Krishna Janma (1918) and Kaliya Mardan (1919).