| Names |
DADASAHEB TORNE
(RAMCHANDRA
GOPAL "DADASAHEB" TORNE) |
| Date of
Birth |
April 13, 1890 |
| Date of
Death |
January 19, 1960 |
| Identity |
First
Indian to make an Indian-language feature film |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- May 25, 1912:
The first Indian
to make an Indian-language feature film "SHREE PUNDALIK",
as established by an advertisement in The Times of India of this
day.
- May 18, 1912: It was released on
this day at the
Coronation Cinematograph, Mumbai.
- May 03, 1913:
Almost one year after Shree Pundalik was released, Dadasaheb Phalke
released the second Indian feature film Raja Harischandra in the
same theater on this day.
|
| General |
- He is considered the "Father of
Indian cinema".
- But owing to some technical reasons,
the truly first Indian Film is stated to be "Raja
Harishchandra" produced by Dadasaheb Phalke,
despite the fact that it was made about a year later than "SHREE
PUNDALIK".
- Shree Pundalik was
a silent film without dialogue, produced and
directed by Ram Chandra Gopal Torne, a.k.a. Dadasaheb Torne.
- It was one of the
candidates for the first Indian film (silent film).
- The film had a shooting script, was shot
with a camera, and its negatives were sent to London for processing.
- Positives were produced and finally
released.
- Some argue that Pundalik cannot be said to
be called the first Indian film because it was a photographic
recording of a popular Marathi play, and because the cameraman, a
man named Johnson, was a British national and the film was processed
in London.
- According to many, Dadasaheb Phalke’s Raja
Harishchandra, which was released nearly a year later, is more
deserving of the title of the first Indian film.
- Dadasaheb Phalke
brought together elements from Sanskrit epics to produce his Raja
Harishchandra (1913), a silent film in Marathi.
- The female roles in the film were played by
male actors.
- The film marked a historic benchmark in the
film industry in India.
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