“He brought the first movie camera from Germany, but nobody knows what happened to it afterwards. Maybe it is lying with some antique collector. There were absolutely no film-making facilities - production or distribution - available as people believed films had no future. But, whatever he did from scratch set a precedent for the future generations of film-makers.”

— Dadasaheb Phalke

His grandson Kiran Phalke in "Dadasaheb Phalke's family wants Bharat Ratna for him".

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