2. Mr. Phalke was born on April 30, 1870 in Trymbakeshwar , a
small village near Nashik district, India.
His dad Dajishastri Phalke was a college Professor of
Sanskrit language.
Dadasaheb Phalke inherited the best habits from his
family.
He had studied the Ramayan, Mahabharat, Veda, Shastra,
Epics in his childhood.
He developed passion for creative art at young age.
His first interest was still photography.
3. Elementary education- Nashik.
College- J.J. School of Arts in Bombay.
University- Kalabhavan in Baroda.
Due to Phalke’s interest and talent in photography, his
professor Mr. Gajjar was impressed.
Mr. Gajjar made Phalke in charge of the Kalabhavan’s
photography studio.
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5. He was working and living in Mumbai.
Phalke made a living as a portrait photographer and
scene painter for drama companies.
He also worked as a draughtsman and photographer
for the Government of India's Archaeological
Department.
Phalke opened his own business, 'Phalke Engraving
and Painting Works‘.
He received appreciation for his half-tone engraving
from British Printer.
6. Phalke lost his business .
He lost his photography business because back then people used to
think that camera would suck the life out of you when a picture is
taken.
Because of the differences between him and his business partners
he lost his other business.
This was an life changing event for him.
During this period he was watching lot of movies.
He was not only watching them but he started to study them.
7. Dadasaheb Phalke is the
first filmmaker in India.
He is an explorer of
Indian cinema.
He has earned many
titles.
8. After watching a silent film, 'The Life of Christ' in 1910
Phalke decided to start film-making.
He learned about the motion camera, projector, film.
He read many books about it.
He traveled to England to get equipments like camera,
film, and other things to make a movie.
He learned and practiced the process.
9. In this adventure his family was helping and
supportive.
His wife Saraswati Phalke was an active partner.
They learned each others work in case of
emergencies.
She looked after the technical aspects of film-
making and he learned to cook.
His sons Dabake, Balachandra were the lead roles
in his movie.
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11. This wasn’t an easy journey for Mr. Phalke. There were
many obstacles.
Vision problem caused by watching movies, reading
books and working with the films.
He had to sell his wife’s jewelry and household items
to get money for film materials and supplies.
His neighbors and friends thought that he is crazy.
He borrowed money from his friends when he traveled
to England.
12. Back then movie making process was not so popular .
Acting was not a prestigious job in the society.
He held many auditions for musicians, singers, and
actors from drama companies for his film.
It was very hard to find actors especially female actors.
He went through lot of efforts to get female actresses.
Sometimes males actors played the female roles.
15. After returning to India, he set up a studio in his own
house.
The whole crew was living, working, being fed in
Phalke’s house.
First he made a short film Roptyanchi Wadh (growth
of a sapling).
He taught his wife how to use the camera, develop the
film roll and also cutting and editing.
Now his focus was on making longer films.
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17. First silent movie, Raja Harishchandra was released on
3rd May 1913 at Coronation Theatre in Mumbai.
This was India’s first movie which was about 40
minutes long.
This movie became very popular and had many
houseful shows.
The story for his movie was chosen by his interest in
Indian mythology.
18. He took the movie to England and it was liked by the
foreign audience equally.
British film production house offered him handsome
money to make movies in England.
He politely refused their offers.
He had a big vision to start the movie making industry
in his own country.
19. Phalke wanted to make a change.
He was a great thinker and a startup entrepreneur.
He did not pursue to make movies in England because
he wanted to establish the movie industry in India.
Because of his decision, today India has one of the
largest movie industries in the world.
20. More movies were made in India since then.
Other people started making movies, which created
employment opportunities for people in India.
The “Dadasaheb Phalke Award” is India's highest
award in cinema given by the Indian Government.
Now Indian movies are popular all over the world.
21. Phalke made many movies. Listed below are his
popular ones.
Raja Hrishchandra(1913)
Mohini Bhasmasur (1913)
Savitri Satyavan (1914)
Shri Krishna Janma (1918)
Kaliya Mardan (1919)
Setu Bandhan (1932)
Gangavantaran (1937)
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24. This is my exploration of making a movie to
understand the process. I have had many difficulties
and also lot of fun doing it.
26. I made this movie to get an experience of making a
movie.
To learn the tasks involved in the process.
My tasks involved:
Find a story
Write a screenplay
Find actors
Find equipments like camera, location, costumes,
accessories, props, shooting dates
Arranging the rehearsal
Shooting the movie
Editing the movie
27. Phalke made his movies on Indian mythological
stories which he had studied since his childhood.
I chose the story “Tenali Rama Tricks The thieves”
which is a folk tale and found it interesting.
My difficulties were:
Video taping
Finding actors
Shooting day
Memorizing the script
28. Dada Saheb Phalke
1870 1885 1910 1912 1912 1913 1944
Born School Motivation England Sapling Released Died
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