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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Kamalabai Gokhle<br />
| image = Kamalabai Gokhale.jpg<br />
| birth_date = {{birth year|1909}}<br />
| birth_place = Bombay<br />
| death_date ={{death year and age|1997|1909}}<br />
| death_place =<br />
| occupation = Actress<br />
| parents = Anand Nanoskar (father)<br/>[[Durgabai Kamat]] (mother)<br />
| spouse = Raghunathrao Gokhale<br />
| children = 3, including [[Chandrakant Gokhale]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kamlabai Gokhale''', born '''Kamlabai Kamath''', was one of the first actresses in Indian cinema, along with her mother [[Durgabai Kamat]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainmentbureau.in/actress/kamala-bai-gokhale-first-indian-actress |title=Entertainment Bureau &#124; Kamala Bai Gokhale &#124; First Indian actress |publisher=Entertainmentbureau.in |date=2012-06-07 |accessdate=2012-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922084117/http://entertainmentbureau.in/actress/kamala-bai-gokhale-first-indian-actress |archive-date=22 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{Better source|reason=website appears not to exist|date=March 2019}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kamlabai Gokhale|url=https://www.veethi.com/india-people/kamlabai_gokhale-profile-6114-14.htm|access-date=2021-08-11|website=veethi.com}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
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. <br />
Kamlabai was 25 when she became a widow, pregnant with her third child. Born in 1909,daughter of [[Durgabai Kamat]], famous yesteryear actress.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Her first stage appearance was at the age of four. <br />
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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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/his_indian_cinema.html |title=History of Indian Cinema |publisher=Cinemaofmalayalam.net |date=1913-04-21 |accessdate=2012-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928114902/http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/his_indian_cinema.html |archive-date=28 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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. <br />
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By the time she was 15, Kamlabai had become a celebrity. <br />
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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. <br />
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In the 1930s, Kamlabai worked under [[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar|Veer Savarkar]] in the play ''Ushaap'', which focussed on the plight of Harijans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaprofile.com/people/kamlabaigokhale.htm |title=First Lady Of The Silver Screen-Struggle, Survival And Success |publisher=Indiaprofile.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-20}}</ref> Kamalabai worked in around 35 movies. Her last film was ''Gehrayee'' (1980).<br />
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==Partial filmography==<br />
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*1913: ''[[Mohini Bhasmasur]]'' - Mohini<br />
*1931: ''[[Devi Devayani Sharmistha]]'' - Miss Kamala<br />
*1932: ''[[Sheil Bala]]''<br />
*1932: ''[[Niti Vijay]]''<br />
*1932: ''[[Char Chakram]]''<br />
*1932: ''[[Bhutio Mahal]]''<br />
*1933: ''[[Rajrani Meera]]''<br />
*1933: ''[[Mirza Sahiban]]''<br />
*1933: ''[[Lal-e-Yaman]]'' - Lalarukh<br />
*1933: ''[[Krishna Sudama]]''<br />
*1933: ''[[Chandrahasa]]''<br />
*1933: ''[[Bhool Bhulaiyan]]''<br />
*1933: ''[[Bhola Shikar]]''<br />
*1933: ''[[Aurat Ka Dil]]''<br />
*1934: ''[[Gunsundari]]'' - Sushila<br />
*1934: ''[[Ambarish]]''<br />
*1934: ''[[Afghan Abla]]''<br />
*1935: ''[[Bikhare Moti]]''<br />
*1935: ''[[Barrister’s Wife]]''<br />
*1936: ''[[Prabhu Ka Pyara]]''<br />
*1936: ''[[Be Kharab Jan]]''<br />
*1936: ''[[Aakhri Galti]]''<br />
*1938: ''[[Street Singer (film)|Street Singer]]'' (as Miss Kamala)<br />
*1938: ''[[Chabukwali]]''<br />
*1939: ''[[Garib Ka Lal]]''<br />
*1942: ''Basant''<br />
*1944: ''[[Stunt King]]''<br />
*1946: ''[[Sona Chandi]]''<br />
*1946: ''[[Haqdar]]''<br />
*1949: ''[[Navajeevanam]]'' - Kamala<br />
*1952: ''[[Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag]]''<br />
*1954: ''[[Nastik (1954 film)|Nastik]]'' - Kamla<br />
*1962: ''Private Detective''<br />
*1967: ''[[Balyakalasakhi (1967 film)|Balyakalasakhi]]''<br />
*1971: ''[[Hulchul (1971 film)|Hulchul]]''<br />
*1972: ''[[Ek Nazar]]''<br />
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