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Harischandrachi Factory
''Harishchandrachi Factory'' (; ) is a 2009 Indian Marathi-language biographical film written and directed by Paresh Mokashi. It is about Dadasaheb Phalke, who made the first Indian feature film ''Raja Harishchandra'' (1913), and starring Nandu Madhav as him and Vibhavari Deshpande as his wife Saraswati. ''Harishchandrachi Factory'' focuses on the struggle Phalke faced during its production. The film is the directorial debut of Paresh Mokashi who won the Best Director award at Pune International Film Festival, where the film was shown. In September 2009, it was selected as India's official entry to Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film Category, making it the second film, after ''Shwaas'' (2004), in Marathi cinema to receive this honour. Overview The film depicts the making of India's first full-length feature film by Dadasaheb Phalke. Cast * Nandu Madhav as Dadasaheb Phalke * Vibhavari Deshpande as Saraswati Phalke * Sandeep Pathak as Trymbak B. Telang * Bhalchan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paresh Mokashi
Paresh Mokashi (born 6 February 1969) is an Indian filmmaker, producer, actor and Theatre director-producer; working predominantly in Marathi cinema and Marathi theatre. He started working as a backstage worker for theatre and did few minor roles for plays as well as films. Mokashi made his directorial debut for theatre with the Marathi play, ''Sangeet Debuchya Mulee'' in 1999. He continued to work for theatre and made his directorial debut for cinema with the 2009 Marathi feature film, ''Harishchandrachi Factory''. The film depicts the making of India's first full-length feature film, ''Raja Harishchandra'' (1913), made by Dadasaheb Phalke. The film was acclaimed critically and won several awards. It was also selected as India's official entry to 82nd Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Personal life Paresh Mokashi was born to a Maharashtrian family in Pune and was brought up in Lonavla. He is a grandson of a noted Marathi writer D. B. Mokashi. Moka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shwaas
''Shwas'' (Marathi: श्वास, ''The Breath'') is a Marathi film, released in 2004. It was India's official entry to the 2004 Oscars and was ranked 6th in the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film category. Its storyline is based on a real-life incident in Pune. A low-budget of Indian rupee 65 lakhs (6 million), ''Shwaas'' won the National Award for best film in 2004, nearly 50 years since a Marathi film (''Shyamchi Aai'') last earned this title. Directed by debutant Sandeep Sawant, it was shot in 33 days at Sindhudurg, Konkan, Pune and at KEM Hospital in Pune. ''Shwaas'' was acknowledged as a "significant turn for Marathi cinema" which had been going through a low patch. After its success, it was released in Hindi, Bengali and Tamil languages. Background Vishwanath Nayak, one of the eight producers, a chartered accountant for Arun Nalawade, a Marathi stage actor, suggested him to make a film. Later, Arun came across a story by writer Madhavi Gharpure, publis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gollapudi Srinivas Award
Gollapudi Srinivas Award is a national-level private award given to a first-time director in Indian Cinema every year. It is given out in the memory of Gollapudi Srinivas (3 March 1966 – 12 August 1992). He was the youngest son of veteran Telugu film personality Gollapudi Maruthi Rao Gollapudi Maruti Rao (14 April 1939 – 12 December 2019) was an Indian actor, screenwriter, dramatist, playwright, columnist and dialogue writer known for his works in Telugu cinema, Telugu theatre and Telugu Literature. Rao acted in over 250 .... This award was first announced in 1997 at Chennai. Gollapudi Srinivas Memorial Foundation While directing his début Telugu film '' Prema Pustakam'', Gollapudi Srinivas succumbed to a water accident on August 12, 1992. The Telugu film industry lost a promising director. The Maruthi Rao family established the Gollapudi Srinivas Memorial Foundation to perpetuate the memory and instituted an annual cash award for the Best Début Director chosen from among ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aravindan Puraskaram
Aravindan Puraskaram (Aravindan Award) is an award instituted in 1991 in the memory of iconic Malayalam filmmaker G. Aravindan for the best debutant director in Indian languages. The award comprises Rs. 25,000, a memento and a citation. The award is facilitated by Kerala Chalachitra Film Society. The award presented on March 15 every year on the death anniversary of Aravindan who is considered one of the pioneers of parallel cinema in Malayalam. Recipients {, class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" , +List of award recipients ! scope="col" width="20px" , Year ! scope="col" width="240px" , Recipient ! scope="col" width="240px" , Film !Language ! scope="col" class="unsortable" , , - , 1999 ! scope="row" , Shyamaprasad , Agnisakshi , Malayalam , style="text-align:center;" , , - , 2000 ! scope="row" , Kavitha Lankesh , Deveeri , Kannada , style="text-align:center;" , , - , 2001 ! scope="row" , P. Sheshadri , Munnudi , Kannada , style="text-align:center;" , , - , 2004 ! ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award For Best Feature Film In Marathi
The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). The National Film Awards, established in 1954, are the most prominent film awards in India that merit the best of the Indian cinema. The ceremony also presents awards for films in various regional languages. Awards for films in seven regional language (Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu) started from 2nd National Film Awards which were presented on 21 December 1955.Three awards of "President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film", "Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film" and "Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film" were instituted. The later two certificate awards were discontinued from 15th National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
56th National Film Awards
The 56th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in India to celebrate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 2008. Three committees were instituted in order to judge the various entries for feature film, non-feature film and best writing on cinema sections, headed by the National award-winning director, Shaji N. Karun, for feature films and Aruna Raje Patil for non-feature films and Sunil Gangopadhyay for best writing on cinema. Each chairperson announced the award on 23 January 2010 for their respective sections and award ceremony took place at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi with President of India, Pratibha Patil giving away the awards on 20 March 2010. Awards Awards were divided into feature films, non-feature films and books written on Indian cinema. Lifetime Achievement Award Feature films Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 56th Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pravin Tarde
Pravin Vittal Tarde is an Indian film director, actor, producer, and scriptwriter working in the Marathi Cinema best known for his Marathi film ''Deool Band'', '' Mulshi Pattern'', Sarsenapati Hambirrao ''Sarsenapati Hambirrao'' (Marathi: ''सरसेनापती हंबीरराव'') is an Indian Marathi-language historical war film written and directed by Pravin Tarde and produced by Sandeep Mohite Patil, Saujanya Nikam and Darmendra .... Filmography Films Television References External links * Official Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Tarde, Pravin Indian screenwriters Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Marathi film directors 1974 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrishikesh Joshi
Hrishikesh Joshi, born in Kolhapur, is a Marathi actor. He has acted in numerous Hindi, Marathi Movies, tele-serials and theater and has won applauds from many noted professionals. He has acted in award-winning films like Harishchandrachi Factory, Yellow (2014 film), Aajcha Divas Majha, Vishnupant Damle : The Unsung Hero Of Talkies, Deool Hrishikesh Joshi completed his post graduation from National School of Drama, in 1997 Acted in more than 50 plays in Hindi, Marathi and Sanskrit Represented India for Sri Lankan Theatre Festival in which performed ‘ Abhigyan Shakuntalam’ in Sanskrit in Columbo and Candy. Best Actor Award from Maharashtra state government for Commercial Play State Competition (1999-2000) for the play Shobhayatra, (2006-2007) for Love story and (2007-2008) for 'Ye Bhau Doka Nako Khau' More than 400 shows for commercial play Mukkampost Bombilwadi More than 150 shows for commercial play Sangeet Lagnakallol. More than 150 shows for commercial play Marathi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jitendra Joshi
Jitendra Joshi is an Indian actor and reality show host who predominantly works in Marathi cinema. He is well known for his lead role as Sant Tukaram Maharaj in the 2012 marathi movie Tukaram. He starred as constable Katekar in the hit Netflix television series ''Sacred Games''. Career Joshi also wrote the popular song ''Kombdi Palali'', which was later remixed as ''Chikni Chameli''. He got his first recognition from the Zee Marathi daily soap ''Ghadlay Bighadlay'' where he played ''Krishna''. In 2011, he hosted ''Marathi Paaul Padte Pudhe'', a talent reality show on the ''Zee Marathi''. In Marathi he played title role of Sant Tukaram in ''Tukaram'' (film released in 2012) and a comic role in ''Guldasta''. Not only as a hero, but he has also appeared as Sai, a villain character in the film ''Duniyadari'' (2013).Duniyadari In 2016, he co-starred in the critically acclaimed dramedy ''Ventilator'', which was produced by Priyanka Chopra. His performance in the film was widely prai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satish Alekar
Satish Vasant Alekar (born 30 January 1949) is a Marathi playwright, actor, and theatre director. A founder member of the Theatre Academy of Pune, and most known for his plays ''Mahanirvan'' (1974), ''Mahapoor'' (1975), ''Atirekee'' (1990), ''Pidhijat'' (2003), ''Mickey ani Memsahib'' (1973), and ''Begum Barve'' (1979), all of which he also directed for the Academy. Along with Mahesh Elkunchwar and Vijay Tendulkar he is considered among the most influential and progressive playwrights in modern Marathi and Indian theatre. He has also remained the head of Centre for Performing Arts, University of Pune (1996–2009), which he founded, after forgoing the Directorship of NSD and previously remained an adjunct professor at various universities in US, at the Duke University, Durhum, NC (1994), Performance Studies, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University as a Fulbright Scholar (2003). and Dept. Theatre and Film Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (2005) He was awarded the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhalchandra Kadam
Bhalchandra Kadam (born 3 March 1970), popularly known as Bhau Kadam, is a Marathi theatre and film actor. He is known as a comedian, particularly when working in commercial Marathi cinema and drama. He began his acting career in 1991, when he started acting in dramas. He is well known for his roles in '' Fu Bai Fu''. He has acted in more than 9 serials and has been involved in more than 500 drama shows. Personal life Bhalchandra Kadam was born and brought up in Dombivli since childhood & now resides in Thane. Kadam has a wife named Mamata. They have three daughters and a son Television He is one of the best comedy actors in Marathi. He is well known for his skits in '' Fu Bai Fu'', a Marathi standup comedy TV show on Zee Marathi. He also plays the main role, along with Nilesh Sable, in the comedy show ''Chala Hawa Yeu Dya'', also aired on Zee Marathi. In this serial, he plays the character of Pappa, Jyotishi and many more characters. In almost every character, Bhau has bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
