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Dadasaheb Phalke birth anniversary
Today is the birth anniversary of Dadasaheb Phalke, who is called the father of Hindi cinema. Dadasaheb Phalke, born on 30 April 1970, was a director as well as a well-known producer and screenwriter. Dadasaheb Phalke’s real name was Dhundiraj Govind Phalke. Dadasaheb Phalke made 95 feature films and 26 short films in his film career of 19 years. Dadasaheb Phalke’s father Shastri Phalke, who was fond of art since childhood, was a scholar of Sanskrit.
Film debut of Dadasaheb Phalke
Dadasaheb Phalke was interested in art since childhood, so he learned its nuances in Mumbai’s JJ College of Art and Baroda’s Kala Bhavan. After this he worked as a photographer but he did not like this work for a long time and finally he took money from his friends and went to London and learned the nuances of film making from there and came back to India with the necessary machines for this. After coming to India, he formed ‘Phalke Film Company’ and started making the first film ‘Raja Harishchandra’. He also got the support of the family in making the film and after about 6 months of hard work the film was made. In those days, Dada Saheb Phalke’s wife herself used to cook food for the people working in this film made at a cost of 15000. The film ‘Raja Harishchandra’ was released in 1913 and was first screened at the Coronation Cinema Hall in Mumbai, which proved to be a super hit.
Dadasaheb Phalke Award started
For the historic contribution of Dada Saheb Phalke to cinema, the Government of India instituted the ‘Dada Saheb Phalke’ Award in the year 1969 and the first award was given to actress Devika Rani Chowdhary. The last film of Dadasaheb Phalke’s film career was ‘Gangavatran’ which was released in the year 1937. The film did not get the love of the audience and proved to be a flop at the box office. After which he stopped making films. Dadasaheb Phalke, the great filmmaker of Hindi cinema, said goodbye to the world on 16 February 1944, before the country’s independence.
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