Which Indian film, predating Bollywood's rise, is considered a pioneering example of early Indian cinema and was based on a stage play adaptation of a Sanskrit epic?
Correct: A
Raja Harishchandra (1913), directed by Dadasaheb Phalke, is widely regarded as the first full-length Indian feature film. It was a silent film based on the legend of King Harishchandra, a figure from Hindu mythology and Sanskrit epics.