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Dhundiraj Govind Phalke (1870–1944)

Dadasaaheb Phalke was born in 1870 in Trymbakeshwar in Nasik. He was born to a Sanskrit scholar, he studied at J.J. college of Art in Bombay and at Kala Bhavan, Baroda. He then studied architecture and became landscape painter of academic nature studies. He worked in a photographic studio and at Ratlam learned three-colour block making and ... See full bio »

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Lanka Dahan
Lanka Dahan Director
(1917)
Kaliya Mardan
Kaliya Mardan Director
(1919)
Sant Namdev
Sant Namdev Director
(1922)
Buddha Dev
Buddha Dev Director
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 1937 Gangavataran
 1932 Setu Bandhan
 1930 Kabir Kamal
 1929 Bolki Tapeli
 1929 Chandrahasa
 1929 Malti Madhav
 1929 Sant Mirabai
 1929 Vasantsena
 1928 Bhakta Damaji
 1928 Parshuram
 1927 Bhakta Sudama
 1927 Hanuman Janma
 1927 Rukmini Haran
 1926/II Bhakta Pralhad
 1926 Dhanurbhanga
 1926 Keechaka Vadh
 1926 Nasik Panjarpole (Short)
 1926 Sant Eknath
 1925 Ellora caves (Short)
 1925 Ganesh Utsav (Documentary short)
 1925 Khandalyacha Ghat (Short)
 1925 Khod Modli (Short)
 1925 Satyabhama
 1925 Simantak Mani
 1925 Vachan Bhang (Short)
 1925 Verulachi Korivleni (Short)
 1925 Vichitra Shilpa (Short)
 1924 Sita Shuddhi
 1923 Aswathama
 1923 Babruwahan
 1923 Bird's Eye View of Bodh Gaya (Documentary)
 1923 Buddha Dev
 1923 Mahananda
 1922 Gajandravache Bhagya (Short)
 1922 Patwardhan's Royal Circus (Short)
 1922 Sant Namdev
 1919 Sinhasta Parvani (Documentary short)
 1919 Kaliya Mardan (as D. G. Phalke)
 1918/II Shri Krishna Janma (as Dadasaheb Phalke)
 1918/I Shri Krishna Janma (Short)
 1917 Agkadyanchi Mouj (Short)
 1917 Chitrapat Kase Tayar Kartat (Documentary short)
 1917 Lanka Dahan
 1916 Ahmadabad Congress (Documentary short)
 1916 Dhumrapaan Leela (Short)
 1916 Kartiki Purnima Utsav (Short)
 1916 Kelphanchya Jadu (Short)
 1916 Laxmicha Galicha (Short)
 1916 Soulagnarasa (Short)
 1916 Swapna Vihar (Short)
 1915 Chandraha (Short)
 1915 Khod Modli (Short)
 1915 Mavilka (Short)
 1915 Miss Miller's Conversion to Hinduism (Documentary short)
 1915 Putra Labha (Short)
 1915 Scenes from Khandala Ghat (Documentary short)
 1915 Talegaoncha Kach Karkhana (Short)
 1915 Tilak's Week
 1913 Birth of a Pea Plant (Short)
 1913 Pithache Panje (Short)
 1913 Raja Harishchandra (Short)
 1912 Ankurachi Wadh (Short)
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Personal Details

Alternate Names:

D. G. Phalke | D.G. Phalke | Dadasaheb Phalke | Dada Phalke

Spouse:

Saraswatibai  (his death)  (1 child)
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