Vishnupant Govind Damle and Sheikh Fattelal

Vishnupant Govind Damle, born on 14 October 1892 in Pen, and Sheikh Fattelal, born in 1897 in Kagal, near Kolhapur, the son of a stonecutter, were both apprentices of Anandrao Painter, a cousin of Baburao Painter. They co-founded the Maharashtra Film Company in 1918, then Prabhat in 1929, where Damle ran the sound and Fattelal the sets. Together they directed their films about saints. Damle died on 5 July 1945, Fattelal in 1964.

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• CinemaSaint Tukaramसंत तुकारामVishnupant Govind Damle and Sheikh Fattelal · 1936Cinema