Dadasaheb Phalke Quotes

Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke , was an Indian producer-director-screenwriter, known as the Father of Indian cinema. His debut film, Raja Harishchandra, was the first Indian movie in 1913, and is now known as India's first full-length feature film. He made 95 feature-length films and 27 short films in his career, spanning 19 years, until 1937, including his most noted works: Mohini Bhasmasur , Satyavan Savitri , Lanka Dahan , Shri Krishna Janma and Kaliya Mardan .

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award, for lifetime contribution to cinema, was instituted in his honour by the Government of India in 1969. The award is one of the most prestigious awards in Indian cinema and is the highest official recognition for film personalities in the country. A postage stamp bearing his likeness was released by India Post to honour him in 1971. An honorary award from the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Mumbai was introduced in the year 2001, for lifetime achievement in Indian cinema. Wikipedia  

✵ 30. April 1870 – 16. February 1944
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Famous Dadasaheb Phalke Quotes

“Those who are susceptible to depravity do not need cinema or theatre to mislead them. There are numerous other factors which lead to immorality.”

In [Kaur, Raminder, Sinha, Ajay J, Bollyworld: Popular Indian Cinema Through A Transnational Lens, http://books.google.com/books?id=DGtNhQsLl7wC&pg=PA13, 13 July 2005, SAGE Publications, 978-0-7619-3321-2, 13]
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“I have to keep making films in my country so that it gets established as an industry at home.”

When he refused to go to London to make films quoted in Marathi film on Phalke is India’s Oscar Entry, 21 September 2009, 25 December 2013, Indian Express http://www.indianexpress.com/news/marathi-film-on-phalke-is-indias-oscar-entr/519670/,
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“Son, I don't have money even to buy poison. Please help”

In a letter to his son Bhalchandra in late 1930s, quoted in Dadasaheb Phalke's family wants Bharat Ratna for him, 27 April 2013, 26 December 2013, Hindustan Times http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Dadasaheb-Phalke-s-family-wants-Bharat-Ratna-for-him/Article1-1051178.aspx?hts0021,
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“He produced, directed, processed and did everything to make the first Indian feature film Raja Harishchandra. Unlike most film makers of those days, Phalke did not have the westernized audience in mind. His vision was to use the medium to narrate an Indian story to the audience.”

In [Khandekar, Vanita Kohli-, The Indian Media Business, http://books.google.com/books?id=1C4nAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA176, 3 October 2013, SAGE Publications, 978-81-321-1788-9, 176]

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