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Raja Harishchandra, directed by Dadasaheb Phalke and released in 1913, was the first Marathi-language film ever made, and was also India's first full-length feature film. The claim is disputed and some claim that Dadasaheb Torne 's Shree Pundalik (1912) was the first film made in Maharashtra.
Sep 30, 2023 · Many film fanatics argue that Shree Pundalik does not deserve the honour of being called the first Indian film because it was a photographic recording of a popular Marathi play, the cameraman was a British national and the film was processed in London.
May 18, 2016 · Shree Pundalik is not considered as the first Indian feature production, and not the first Indian film, as it was a recording of a Marathi play and its cameraperson or process team were British. advertisement
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Raja Harishchandra (transl.King Harishchandra) is a 1913 Indian silent film directed and produced by Dadasaheb Phalke. It is often considered the first full-length Indian feature film. Raja Harishchandra features Dattatraya Damodar Dabke, Anna Salunke, Bhalchandra Phalke. and Gajanan Vasudev Sane.
The history of Marathi cinema spells out the names of several well known film personalities. Its history is as old as that of Indian cinema. The first Indian film, Raja Harishchandra, was made by Dadasaheb Phalke, a Marathi man. Since then the Marathi film industry has continuously contributed to the mainstream cinema simultaneously enriching ...
May 18, 2015 · Many film fanatics argue that Pundalik does not deserve the honour of being called the first Indian film because it was a photographic recording of a popular Marathi play, and the cameraman was a British national named Johnson and also the film was processed in London.
Raja Harishchandra (1913) Marathi cinema is the oldest film industry of India. Dadasaheb Phalke widely considered as pioneer and founder of Marathi cinema and Cinema of India. He brought the revolution of motion pictures to India with his first indigenously made film Raja Harishchandra, released in year 1913.
