DADA SAHEB PHALKE
Dadasaheb Phalke Horoscope
Dadasaheb Phalke is known to be as the founding father of the Bollywood film Industry. This is the reason why he is considered as the Father Of Indian Cinema. He developed an interest for creative arts at a young age and took admission at the Sir J.J. School Of Arts of Bombay in the year 1885. Dadasaheb Phalke already perceived the fantastic potential of the film medium nearly a century ago. His Film ”Raja Harishchandra” was known to be the first ever Indian film in the Indian film Industry. Because of his significant contribution to Indian Cinema, an award is started named Dada Saheb Phalke award which is regarded as the biggest award of the film industry and it is given to honor significant contribution to the promotion and growth of the film medium.
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Yes, there is a stamp in his honour, some roads, and Mumbai’s film city is dedicated to him. There are statues in Mumbai and Nashik, besides the annual top film honour and other token international recognition. However, we think both Dadasaheb and Saraswati deserve a Bharat Ratna and we must be invited to witness the presentation. The centenary year of Indian cinema is the most appropriate occasion.
His grandson Pusalkar in “Dadasaheb Phalke’s family wants Bharat Ratna for him”.
He brought the first movie camera from Germany, but nobody knows what happened to it afterwards. Maybe it is lying with some antique collector. There were absolutely no film-making facilities – production or distribution – available as people believed films had no future. But, whatever he did from scratch set a precedent for the future generations of film-makers.
His grandson Kiran Phalke in “Dadasaheb Phalke’s family wants Bharat Ratna for him”.
The inspiration for the film came from Dadasaheb Phalke. His adventure of film making is the basis of the film, says Paresh Mokashi, director and writer of the film. Harishchandrachi Factory — which faced competition from 15 films including New York and Delhi 6 — captures the first two years of Phalke’s cinematic career. The two-hour-long film starts with Phalke giving up his printing business after a fight with his partner. Soon, he accidentally comes across a tent theatre, screening a silent film. An awestruck Phalke decided to make a film and was encouraged by his wife and two enthusiastic children. The Oscar-nominated film ends with Phalke delivering Indian film industry’s first hit using his advertising acumen.
The film based on his life which was nominated for |Oscar quoted in “Marathi film on Phalke is India’s Oscar Entry”.
He produced, directed, processed and did everything to make the first Indian feature film Raja Harishchandra. Unlike most film makers of those days, Phalke did not have the westernized audience in mind. His vision was to use the medium to narrate an Indian story to the audience.
As Gandhi refashioned the world of protest, another man was reinventing story telling. In 1913, Dhund Raj Govind Phalke or Dadasaheb Phalke as he came to be later known as, made the first full length feature film Raja Harsihchandra. Within seven years there was a regular film industry functioning in the country with Bombay as its main player.
Edited By VIKAS KUMAR (2018). Talk of the Town. Penguin Books India. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-14-333013-4.
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