Dhundiraj Govind Phalke

Dhundiraj Govind Phalke was born on 30 April 1870 in Trimbak, into a family of Chitpavan Brahmins; his father was a Sanskrit scholar and priest. Trained at the J. J. School of Art in Bombay and then in Baroda, he was a photographer, a draughtsman at the Archeological Survey, a lithographic printer and even a conjuror. After seeing in 1910 a film on the life of Christ, he learned the trade in London, founded his own companies and made ninety-five feature films and twenty-seven short films until 1937. He died in Nashik on 16 February 1944.

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• CinemaRaja Harishchandraराजा हरिश्चंद्रDhundiraj Govind Phalke · 1913Cinema