Harishchandrachi 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, 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 List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for [Best Foreign Language Film|official entry] to Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film Category, making it the second film, after Shwaas, 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
- Bhalchandra Kadam as Deaf and dumb actor
- Satish Alekar as Lawyer
- Jitendra Joshi as Parsi in theatre in beginning of movie
- Hrishikesh Joshi as School Teacher in beginning of Movie
- Pravin Tarde as Carpenter
- Vishakha Subhedar as Prostitute's mother