A marathi movie, Harishchandrachi Factory was screened at Abhirang Auditorium, Bharat Bhavan on Wednesday, which was the last day of the film fest. Harishchandrachi Factory is a 2009 Marathi film, directed by Paresh Mokashi, depicting the struggle of Dadasaheb Phalke in making Raja Harishchandra in 1913: India’s first feature film, the birth of Indian cinema.
Notably, Harishchandrachi Factory 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 official entry to Academy Award in the Best Foreign language Film Category, in Marathi cinema to receive this honour. The film is the story about the beginning of the Indian film industry, set in 1913, when two business partners fall out, resulting in one leaving the company.
As the family struggle to survive Phalke (Nandu Madhav) decides to make his own silent motion picture with the support of his family.
He travels to England to learn about the new medium and, after he returns, brings together a team of actors and technicians to produce his first film about the story of Raja Harishchandra. Through all the hard work, the movie becomes a hit marking the beginning of one of the world’s biggest film industries.
This film is entirely shot in the style of the movies made in Dadasaheb Phalke’s days.