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SHREE PUNDALIK
(MOVIE) |
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Date-wise Events |
- May 18, 1912
- Film released. Release of First Indian
Film Candidate (Silent film).
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Description |
- It was a silent film without
dialogue.
- Produced and directed by Ram Chandra Gopal Torne,
popularly known as Dadasaheb Torne.
- 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.
- So the first full-length motion picture in India was
produced by Dadasaheb Phalke. Dadasaheb Phalke is the
pioneer of Indian film industry. He is a scholar on India's
languages and culture, who brought together elements from
Sanskrit epics to produce his Raja Harishchandra (Released
on May 03,1913), 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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