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Mohanlal on Dadasaheb Phalke honour: 'This is not just my award--it belongs to Indian cinema'

September 21, 2025 6:02 pm

A day after being named the recipient of the country’s highest recognition in the field of cinema, Mohanlal recalled that when he received the call from the Prime Minister's Office informing him about the award, he could not believe it.

Dadasaheb Phalke's grandson backs Aamir Khan for biopic, says SS Rajamouli 'never contacted' him for it

May 17, 2025 10:19 am

Aamir Khan recently announced that he is working on a biopic of Dadasaheb Phalke with director Rajkumar Hirani.

Aamir Khan and Rajkumar Hirani reunite for Dadasaheb Phalke biopic

Aamir Khan and Rajkumar Hirani reunite after 3 Idiots and PK, announce biopic on the 'father of Indian cinema' Dadasaheb Phalke

May 15, 2025 2:49 pm

Actor Aamir Khan and filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani have reunited to make a biopic on the 'Father of Indian cinema', Dadasaheb Phalke. The shooting is slated to begin in October, this year.

Marathi cinema set for global growth with Film City's new initiatives

February 14, 2025 11:03 pm

As part of modernisation efforts, the Marathi film industry is exploring advanced technologies, including Audio-Visual gaming and the comic sector

Illustrated books to give real-life account of Mario Miranda, Dadasaheb Phalke

May 02, 2023 1:14 pm

"Pursuing art or music or film can be every bit as rewarding as more traditional jobs! We hope the example of Phalke and Miranda will help kids think differently about what they want to do when they grow up," said Chitwan Mittal, founder and editorial director of AdiDev Press in a statement.

Dadasaheb Phalke: A brief history of the Father of Indian cinema; a man of many talents

April 30, 2023 8:32 am

On the occasion of Dadasaheb Phalke's birth anniversary, let us have a quick look at the life and times of the unique and remarkable talent.

Dadasaheb Phalke birth anniversary: The man who brought movie magic to India, captured in Harishchandrachi Factory

April 30, 2022 8:11 am

On Father of Indian cinema, Dadasaheb Phalke's 152nd birth anniversary, here's revisiting Harishchandrachi Factory. The film chronicles Phalke's journey of making the first motion picture in India.

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Dialogues From The Bygone Era: NFAI’s Oral History Project released on Phalke’s birth anniversary

May 01, 2021 1:37 pm

Apart from Subbulakshmi’s three hour and forty-five minutes audio interview, the National Film Archive of India (NFAI) published about 8000 minutes of veteran film artists from the Indian film industry, in continuum of the 150th birth anniversary of Father of Indian cinema, Dadasaheb Phalke.

Some lesser known facts about the the father of Indian cinema Dadasaheb Phalke

Dadasaheb Phalke: Some lesser known facts about the father of Indian cinema

April 30, 2018 2:31 pm

In 1913, producer-director-screenwriter Dadasaheb Phalke gave Indian Cinema its first silent film Raja Harishchandra. The movie captured the imagination of thousands of Indians, who were delighted with the subject he chose for the film and the smooth trick photography and technology that was used.

Who was Dadasaheb Phalke?

April 30, 2018 10:15 am

Dadasaheb Phalke possessed the mind of an artist much before he began to make films. He had been a photographer. He studied engineering and sculpture. It was only after watching a silent film The Life of Christ that he got interested in motion pictures.