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1907That day, Raja Ravi Verma dies. Dada’s father also dies the same day.47Seth Purushottamdas Mavji comes to Lonavala to ask Phalke to open the Laxmi Printing Press at Dadar, Bombay. He offers Phalke a trip to Germany for training in advanced printing technology.48Phalke returns to India and starts Swarnmala, a Marathi monthly printed in the 3-color process of Gutenberg.44Friday, June 28,

45Bhalchandra is born.46A second son, Mahadev, is born to Phalke.

1910 for a remarkable flair in blending literary and illustrative journalism we must turn to the brilliant phalke. His career coincided with the Bengal reaissance and the founding of the Indian congress in 1885. in 1909,the sanest Indian are for a nationhood of India,undivided by caste, religion orracial differences.a notable representive is phalke.he seeks through medium of the press, to rouse India to asense of its fallen condition and inspiere .

Govind ko sammanit kiya jata hai.kintu usi meeting mein use pata lagta hai ki swarnmala band kiya ja raha hai.uski jagah angrezi patre nikala ja raha hai.phalke mavji se naraz hai.

48Differences with Seth Purushottamdas grow day by day and also take their toll on his health. Their relationship becomes bitter over the running of the press. Phalke---------------meine suna hain masik ka kaam apne rukva diya hai? Seth---------------apka press eak dum ghate mein chal raha hai iski aap ko khabar hai? Phalke------------yeh press keval nafe ke liye nahin hai isliye mein ghate ka vichar nahin ker raha hoon.


nafa nuksan aap nahin mante honge ,lekin meine jo paisa aap mein lagaya hai,vah nafe ke liye hai.


is karar se aap mujhe mukt ker de to……


aap mukt hain lakin karar ki teesri shart shayad aap ko yaad nahin hain. Aap apna isteefa apni jeb mein rakhiye.masik ka kaam rok diya gaya hai.pahle kutch paisa chapiyen.






In order to find a new profession for himself, Phalke wanders around Bombay. 49As the conflict between Seth Purushottamdas and Phalke grows, he decides to leave Laxmi Printing Press. ‘His association with Laxmi Art Printing Press came to an end.


51All his friends, like the erstwhile mayor, Nagindas Master, and a few Gujarati businessmen try to persuade him to start a new printing press, naming it Saraswati Printing Press. But Phalke is reluctant to compete with his own earlier creation if you wish,we can build a sarswati printing press overnight.

I have already said,icant rise against my oun child.lakshmi printingpress.

Your giving away does not assure that nobody else will rise. I don’t care. Then ,what do you want? Ill see. What? Cinema.


52 Phalke’s eyesight is deteriorating fast.

Scene phalke’s home Phalke get’s up, see’s saraswati preparing baba raya for the school. Noticing Phalke awake, Saraswati picks up the news paper on the bed. It shows many illustrated advertisements. Saraswati- “There are so many things being sold in the market.

                       Why don’t you make something too? …Musical                                                               
                        Instruments, gramophones, body building                                                
                        Machines, refrigerators. Printing is not the end of 
                        Life. You know so many things.”

Phalke takes the paper from her. Saraswati brings tea for phalke and breakfast for Mahadev. Phalke reads the newspaper. Slowly he’s losing his sight. Suddenly he’s frightened.

   Phalke-     “I do not know what’s happening to my eyes. I can’t 
                     See.                    

Saraswati- “ is it because of the lack of light?

  Phalke-       “No! My eyes!

Saraswati- “Oh god! Now what?



 He is almost blind.

All kinds of medical treatment and ritual offerings fail to effect a cure.53During his blindness, his brother-in-law, Anandrao Karandikar, and a playwright, Vitthalrao Shanthalkar, visit him and organize kathas and kirtans. 541912 – ‘RAJA HARISCHANDRA’, THE PLAY

The whole family is at the theatre, watching the play. Harischandra-----priye!aaj tumhara mukhchandra maleen kiyon? Rani----------------pichli raat maine kuch dusapan dekhe jise chit yvakul ho raha hai.


priye,yadhpi streyon ka svabhav sahaj hi bheeru hota hai per tum to veer kanya,veer patni oar veer mata ho.tumhara svabhav aisa kiyon?


nath moh se dheeraj jata rehata hai.


svapan to hamne bhi dekha.aik krodhi brhaman vidhya sadhan kerke sab divye mahavidhiyaon ko kheenchta hai oar jab mein stree jan ker bachane gaya hun.to mujhi se rusht ho gaya.oar jab meine use vinaye se manaya to merasara rajya mang liya.


nath aap ek saath itana vyakul kyon ho uthe?


ab mein us brhman ko kahan paunga.?bina uski thali sonche bhojan kaise karonga?nath,kya sapan ke vyhvaher ko bhi ap such manege?spansansar apne kal mein asatya hai aisa kounsa praman hai?phir diya so diya.kya sapan mein kya prataksh.


shama, maharaj.streeyon ki samaj hi kitni!


nagar mein dindhore pitva diye jaye ki rajya aaj se agyat nam gotre Brahmin ka samjhen


maharaj, ek krodhi Brahmin darvaze per khda hai.

Vishvamitre--------bol abhi tune mujhe pahchana ki nahin


mahraj, purve parichit to aap jan padhte ho


satya he re shatriyadham,tu kiyon pahchanega,are dusht bhool gaya,kalprithvi kisko daan di thi ?thar thar is dekh is ghoot ka kaosa dand bhogta hai.krodh se jaise meri dahini bhuja shap dene ko uthti hai,jati smaran ke sanskar se,bain bhuja phir se kripan grhan karna chahati hai.kahna hai meri prithvi?


isme vilamb kya hai,meine to apke agman se purve hi apna adhikar chod diya hai’


oar is maha daan ki dakshina!


jo agya ,mahamantri hazar swarnmudra abhi le auo


kya ab khazana tera hai ki mantri per hokum chalata hai.


kshama keren,kya hua,nahi to mera sharer hai

ek mahine mein dakshina nahin mili to tum per kathin brhmdand giraunga


mein brhamdand se utama nahi darata jitna satyadand se.








Act2. 57‘Then Dr. Prabhakar came like an angel, and restored his eyesight after a year’s treatment.58‘But our economic state was even worse now

ismile building

sagar ki laheren prakash noukaon ki tereh dikh rahi thi.aker kinare lagati tochaknachur ho jati.sarswati bai khidki ke pas baith ker bun rahi tji.palang per baba or mahadev neend mein has rahe the. Phalke ki ankho mein andhera tha.table per eak momebati.baher,chimni se uthta dhua chand ki or bah raha tha.gramaphone per ya to koi tilak ka bhashen ya koi sangeet.


yadi aap mavjiseth se koi sulah nahi karna chahte to aap apna chapakhana kiyon nahi kholte?bavishya ka kya hoga.akhir is hath ka kiya karan hai?


meine kaha na jis udhyog ko meine janm diya hai uski prtyogita mein nahi utrunga.


to kya karoge?


tum so jao vh janna n janna mera kertave hai.



.59As he slowly recovers his sight, he takes daily walks on the beach with his young son, Babaraya. With four annas in his pocket, he goes for his walks and returns late in the evening.60On Easter day, he sees that next to the Girgam Bank Road, at the America-India tent theaters a film is being shown, a song ankhe phir se loti to roj jeb mein 8 ana dal ker phalke samunder ke kinare ser ko jane laga. Jeb mein haath dal ker sikke ko palat raha tha, sikka baher nikal ker toss kiya or dekha jaise ki apni kismat ka andaz ker raha tha.pairon ke pass baba ka banaya ghar tha. Door samandar ke kinare ladke ball khel rahe the.baba ball ke peeche bhaga to mano samne sheshnag ke phano ke kai saamp Bhage chale aa rahe the.phalke utha or cheekha….baba. Baba peeche hata tosamandar peeche hatne laga.baba pita ki taraf dhodha .fir pita ka haath pakda, “chalo shar jayenge. Un per tra motoro ki parchayean padti. Dono nenazer uthai


Easterka din tha adhiktar bheed English or irish logo ki thi.tent ke bahar life of Christ ka poster laga tha.eak maskhra or teen ladkiyan naach ga rahe the.

                                            Baba u come near
                                            I calling u my dear
                                            If u love me I also shall
                                            Love is very universial
                                             No Indian no English
                                             U come near or hum ker le pyar


Baba or phalke ticket ki line mein lag gaye Phalke or baba mantrmughd ho ker dekh rahe the,darshak chors ke sath ga uthe jab isa ko sooli per chdaya

Phalke ne bagal mein dekha to,baba krishn ke roop mein betha mand mand muskuraraha tha. Or phir yakayak kabr ka muhn khudh b kudh khula.isa ke badan se aik alokik abha photo rahi thi.is ishverian prakash ne mano darshko ki ankhe khol di.apne ghutno ke bal gir padhe.


Film chooti.baher darshko ka saillab tha.phalke ne phir se do tickten kharidi.

Sarswati sweater bunti sagar tak rahi thi.neeche tram ke rukne ki awaz aye.4 sal ka mahadev darwaza kholne dhoda.vah pita ke pairon se lipta dada ne use pyar se uthaya.seedha ravi varma ke chitre ke samne khada huwa.baba utejit tha.

                      Mai, aaj humne hilte chalet chtre dekhe.
                      Rail,murgi eak mota admi,isa ki kahani
                      
          Sar-------            Kya dikha ker la rahe ho?
                      
           Dada-------           Kal tum khud dekh lena  













‘The Life of Christ’. 61It shows the birth, miracles, trials, sufferings, burial, resurrection and the ascension of Christ.62While the film is unspooling before his eyes, he mentally visualizes the gods, Shri Krishna, Shri Rama, their Gokul and Ayodhya63He finds himself in the grip of a strange spell. He buys another ticket and sees the film again. 64Later, Phalke meets the theatre manager, Mr. Mehta and sees the projection machine.


64Babaraya is excited and clings to his mother saying, ‘Today we saw pictures that move.’ Saraswati asks Phalke, ‘What is cinema?’ He promises to take her to see it the next day.65The next day, the whole family goes to see the picture. The hall is crowded with Christians and Europeans.

66On the way home, Phalke tells his wife that he is going to enter the picture business, and make films on Rama and Krishna. Mahadeve is asleep,head on phalke’s shoulder.baba holding mother,s hand.i want to start this business. What business? Cinema. A shiver runs through her spine.on the road a piece of film strip slips like a snake.

67The next morning he goes back to the theatre and finds a discarded strip of film.68He brings it home and studies it under a magnifying glass.69He buys a toy cinema and a piece of film from a British company.70At home that night, with a candlelight projector, he screens the film on a wall. He picks up the white sheet from the bed,tries to use it as ascreen on the wall. s----------mujhe bolo to sahi kya kar rahe ho? p----------parda taang raha hoon.charo kono per keel thok kar s-----------jab se tumne .tum ab hum sabko suli per chsdhane walle ho .lao mujhe do,mein parda si kar deti hoon

She stiches on the machine.a cndle light projecter beems the picture on the sheet








71Like a madman, at the age of 40, he is absorbed in his plan to make a picture, with no thought for the future.

Phalke sees as he has never seen before.something within him clicks as Christ shines forth a silver coin from taken afishs mouth-and like shakuntala’s king he has a blinding revelation, an lighten of consuming nature.

The life of Christ’ makes an impact,andsown the seeds of raja harishchandre. For phalke possesses acubist sight.

As ambers are fed,the flame within is ablaze,devouring him. p.works furiously,each night oil burns,as p studies and absorbs.

b-----------play with me baba s-----------listen to me, look at me r-----------you are wasting your time

               Why don’t you earn a living?
               You are going mad lunatic asylum

Sar steps back in to shadow There is no income. There is no security. Children are hungry. She is a lone B----------baba doesn’t take me for walks anymore, am I not his child still? Saraswati - Your father is a great man… and he has

                                  many children.        

Saraswati steps forth from behind the curtains. The ocean lies in between them. Saraswati, his vessel, brings forth, from darkness to light Mandakini, Ganga’s avtaar.


Meanwhile, in London, 1912

Cabourne - your knowledge and foresight impress me,

                               Mr. Phalke. I suggest you meet Mr. Hepworth, 
                              Owner of a studio, he will be able to help you        
                             With training and equipment.

Phalke -thank you Mr.Cabourne. I wish you great

                              Success with your weekly and I hope to see you        
                              Soon – but, with my films next time.     

Diary: Hepworth has been a great help. I am finally

                              Purchasing a Williamson camera, a perforator 
                          And a printing machine. I can’t wait to get back to
                          India and start!
 

b-------------------now that baba has come back from vilayat,he is always with that new machine.i can barely tell which is baba and which under that cloth. Even little mandakini gets more attention then me. I hate them both. P------------------the pea plant grows fast.iwill test my science through it and if god be willing,the Indian nation will watch,while an industy grows as fast as this. PEA PLANT GROWS For my country men I will recreate life,Indianon screen.it will be their faith and my life.,that willcome alive on the Indian screen.







72Inspite of my enthusiasm and confidence in my success, I knew very well that nobody would dare to give me the capital unless I had something tangible in hand to attract them.73So I liquidated whatever possessions I had, and directed my efforts towards this end.74My friends thought I was mad, and one of them even planned to put me in the lunatic asylum lets hurry to where to? Doctor For what? Why are you blinding youe self?at least think of your little children. Sarswati locksthe house.children remain inside.


Phalke,sarswati,er brothrin a tram.

Phalke sits harassed irritated.sars cries.


what happened?


he is above fourty.has two children to feed.so far every thing was fine.now he wants to give up every thing.take sanyas.

There is nothing wrong with me.i don’t know why this gentleman is hellbemt on proving me mad.ok,let me ask yoy,have you seen a moving picture? Atram crosses from the opposite direction.from the window,as ifthe motion cesases for a second.


MAD HOUSE Sarsvati-------I don’t know if he wants to marry one more time! all these screen mimes are riding on his head.unneccasararly getting involved in thisevil craft.it’s the second time he has lost his mind.


.75The responsibility of maintaining the family, the contemptuous treatment I received from my relatives, and above all, the lurking fear of the possible failure of my plans –


77This was the period of the Swadeshi movement, and there was profuse talking and lecturing on the subject. I took this opportunity to explain my ideas about cinema to my friends and to the leaders of the Swadeshi movement.78Even people who were familiar with me for over fifteen years considered my ideas impractical. And thus, I became a laughing-stock for them.79At last, one of my friends who had been associated with me for ten years and could vouch for my conduct, financial honesty, love for the profession and perseverance, was willing to consider me sympathetically. 85He visits his friend, Yeshwantrao Nadkarni, who runs photography and sports shop at Dhobi Talao. He tells him of his intention to set up a factory that will make Swadeshi films.86The next day, they both go to Nadkarni’s father-in-law, the solicitor Annasaheb Chitnis. Nadkarni agrees to loan Phalke the money.87To raise the rest of the money, Phalke takes out a life insurance policy for 12,000 rupees.81I was able to get that limited amount of money at an exorbitant rate of interest, and willingly signed an agreement that was very favorable to the moneylenders SPORTS AND PHOTO SHOP NADKARNI-----------25 hazar to mein nahi de sakata,kintu mere pas 10 hazar hain.anubandh tayeyar hai. p--------------------------baki 15 hazar ? n--------------------------tumahare pas girvvi rakh wane ke liye kuch hai? p----------------------------stri ke abhushan to fook chukka hoon,han,aik bema ke kakaz hain. n----------------------kitne ke? p--------------------15…..20 n---------------------chalo samjho kaam ban gaya.tum jane ki taiyari shuru kar do.


.191288He then buys a ticket to England from Thomas Cook, and on 1 February 1912, Phalke sets sail for England.89Back home, on 3 February 1912, his daughter, Mandakini, is born.

Ship Sea ,waves,like serpant hoods.on the horizon tiny Krishna dancing on the heads of the waves.phalke wakes up from the thought……he started writing a letter, shrimatiji,kal savere mein England pahunch jaunga , mandakini ke janm per aapko mubarak.vah hamari asha hain.meine apani hath dharamita ki wajah se ap sabko kafi kasht pahuchaye hain.apni kunthao ke karan bachon ko bhi dukh diya hai.uska mujhe khed hai.


Act 2 LONDON It is snowing90Seeking a vegetarian diet, Phalke locates a ho.91He reaches the offices of the ‘Bioscope’, a cinema weekly, next to Piccadilly Circus. At first, Mr. Cabourne, the manager, tries to dissuade Phalke from taking up the profession. But when I had explained to him how I had anticipated difficulties and also my plans for overcoming them, he was distinctly pleased. Promptly, he telephoned the manager of the Hepworth Cinema Company, some thirty to thirty-five miles from London, and arranged for me to see the factory in detail.92Eager to test his theories against the actual practice of filmmaking, Phalke visits the Hepworth studios and observes their shooting methods.94Then, on the recommendation of Mr. Hepworth, Phalke buys a Williamson camera for 50 pounds sterling and a printing and perforating machine.

95Once home, the precious camera is guarded jealously from the children by Phalke’s wife, Saraswati. The camera is mounted before a pot of earth.96Phalke works out the mechanism of intermittent photography, and shoots a capsule history of the growth of a pea plant into a pea-laden plant.

DADAR As he took the dish down from the loft, brushing cobwebs away from his face, Sarswati’s voice climbed the stair .now what are you doing? You shall pull every thing down and then go away…I shall have to tidy up. He held the platter in both hands, gauging the size and weight of it. He would need to bore a small hole in its side for water to drain out. ``````` He finishes dressing, winds his watch, tuck into his waistcoat pocket and carry his shoes down with him.

CAFÉ He looks at the mirror on the wall, it reflects a scene out of the pit, bare bodies luminous with sweat close to the food simmering on coal burning stoves, orange flames leaping up. Salunke was there, squatting on his haunches, shoulders moving in a circular rhythm as he grounds the batter for the dosa. Phalke slides a coin under his undrunk cup of tea

FALKLAND ROAD Two pimps against the café wall look him over…Foul dog! Comes here to stare at a boy! From the balconies, whores lean, screaming his name, pelting him with groundnut shell. A group of grinning prostitutes barred his way. The streets open, the houses are unlit except for single oil –a lamp burning at the doorsteps .He hears the faint notes of a harmonium, a low-pitched voice begins an alaap for yaman. A roar of the cloth-mill, a clatter of horse’s hooves forces him to step aside, splash his clothes with the slush. They plunge down the narrow street, yelling for the whores to come out of their cages.

Fatima’s house The house had no lamp at the entrance. Fatima emerged, her gait quick and graceful, hands held out in greeting. I saw him today TOO but how to ask him. I have been coming to this place almost for four months. I can’t get a single women to act. If my wife knew where I am going, if my friends knew… HER eyes were her sole claim to beauty ,pale brown in the afternoons.

Dadar phalke`S house He sprinkled water over the surface, removing shards of white shell. He had to find a place for the platter, it needed light and air. The platter is taken to the terrace. Bombay chimneys rising to the sky. DEVDUT Devs voice had broken late, something that had worried him immensely. His girlish sopano. Dada would make him sing at the height note. bass unexpectedly cracking into a comical girlish squawk .on his 17 birth day, he `had lost his voice completely. Mandakini dosed him with ginger and honey; wound a slick scarf around his neck. One morning a deep voice calling out mai

Dadar Baba is reading the English newspaper. Dada asks him to read, has that gujrati lawyer been arrested again in South Africa? Baba was more interested in cricket and sar in her money matters, trade news. Dada with his glasses in film adds.

Kamala a picture post card The asura king had almost asked for it.He`d had specified too many condition—he could be killed neither by man or beast,not at niggt or day,neither inside the house or out side,not on the earth nor sky

YOU’shall becursed….she snaps,snatghes the comb away,dragging her indoors, he was taller than any other boy she knew. She stands on the door-step,face freshly washed with turmeric and gram flour,opaque black eyes lined with kohl,combing out her wavy hair.She spots the the tall thin boy walking down the road,head slightly bent,books in hand dressed in an English coat and whit dhoti,black cap on the head.

Kamalapeeps at him from behind the curtain.my sisters daughter..

Phalkes father glances her briefly and then continues talking   

He comes to her house with his father ,silent while conversatin flows around him.Her uncle shoots a question at him.He iS leaving For Baroda,to join Kalabhavan,to do a cource in fine arts. She opens the flap,discovers she was looking at her self.when had he seen like this?AND A LETTER.


She wakes up startled.There is a banging at her door.Kamala,its me,open the window.And there he was,laughing,perched dangerously.PARALYZED BY EMOTION,she makes her Way back to her bed,shaken .Go away some one will come.Say you love me first.he laughed..She ran to the window and slamed it shut in his face.she could hear him out side chuckling.

Her mother comes to her as she is rolling out the cotton wicks. “ You will be leaving us soon”.SHE Smiles AND lays soft hand on Kamala head“where am igoing?Mother, “Where every girl must go in the end,to her husbands place.There family may not be rich but they’are a few rungs above ours in cast.The boy is only an artist.But your uncle has agreed.

DADAR.PEA PLANT… He had the green-pea ready between finger and thumb. He pressed down into the mud, going down almost an inch, a neat cylindrical hole. He dropped the soaked seed in and covered it up, carried the platter onto the table. The sun streamed into the room, the light was superb. He picked up the five-pound movie camera he’d bought in London. Draper had been so helpful… He squatted down low, keeping the table at eye level. He wound the tripod down till he got it at the same level and fixed the camera on it. Sixteen frames a second- he had to keep count as he cranked. Through the lens, across the rim of the platter, the view looked like the surface of the earth- a barren landscape. He shot one set of sixteen, shut the lens and put the camera down, picked up the platter and walked upstairs to the terrace.

Baroda. He had found something that consumed all his thoughts – the photographic studio. He had stumbled upon it one afternoon while he was on his way to the library. He heard a woman laugh something rarely heard in these corridors. Phalke glanced in the direction of the sound and found himself looking into a half open door. It was dark inside the room. Someone yelled, “Shut that door for bloody gott’s sake!” A German accent. A laughing woman came out and banged the door after her. “Fatima!” She stopped stared and started burst out laughing again. “You!” what are you doing here? When did you leave Trymbakeshwar?” “Years and years ago. I teach here, started just a few days ago. Fatima glanced at him and giggled, “Lost again! Those trances still bothering you Maharaj?” “What are you doing here?” She came close and whispered, “I’m a bad woman, Phalke ,I take off my clothes for money!” “What!” He was scandalized. “You’re an artist’s model? Fatima, what’s wrong with you, can’t you find a descent job, get married? What happened to that fellow in Nasik?” She bared her small teeth in what was meant to be a smile. “Descent job! Fellow in Nasik!” He caught a flash of tears and fell silent. “What were you doing in here anyway?” “Oh that modeling, you know. But this doesn’t take as long as a painting. It’s photography. A mere two or three minutes and I can go. And the man only wants to do my face, so I can keep my clothes on. Pay’s the same, though.”




97He shows the film to friends and financiers with the help of Seth Umashankar, owner of an electrical shop at Kalbadevi. Solicitor Chitnis and Yeshwantrao Nadkarni congratulate Phalke on his success.98Phalke looks for a subject for his first feature film, and decides to make ‘Raja Harischandra’


main paisa lagane ko taiyarhoon.picture na sahi,parde ka kapada to bikega.


hum apni kahaniyon ka soot kategn.


mera bijali ka vyapar or ye andhere or ujale ka beejganit.


phalke tumeh yaad hai jab tumhari drishti chali gayi thi?sabse goodh baat yeh hai ki vah maya jall uski pariksha hetu racha gaya tha.or antim pariksha apni stree ko nagan hote dekhna.use shuru se paa hai suli per chadna hai.





. 100So I advertised. ‘Wanted, fair looking actors’101The very next day, a man came to me with this new advertisement in his hand. His normal complexion was very dark, which could at best be improved to bluish after soaping the face. And this blue-black person told me he had enacted the role of Mahashveta, the lady in white, in ‘Shapa Shambhrama’ for a famous company! 102 After two hours descended another gem of an actor. They were an ugly lot, with gloomy faces, visible protruding teeth, with malformed eyes and noses, with hollow cheeks scarred with pox i.e. faces which were created by the god Brahma at the end of the working day, when he had run out of material. Oh India, what a terrible state you are in!

105So I advertised. ‘Wanted, fair looking actors’ To my surprise, most of the applicants flocking to my door were ignorant even of the meaning of the word ‘good looking’ The very next day, a man came to me with this new advertisement in his hand. His normal complexion was very dark, which could at best be improved to bluish after soaping the face. And this blue-black person told me he had enacted the role of Mahashveta, the lady in white, in ‘Shapa Shambhrama’ for a famous company! After two hours descended another gem of an actor .He gave an impression of looking at the boxes in the inner room while he was talking face to face with me of his experience of acting. In an afternoon, a man with a 40-inch waistline came to claim the role of Taramati in my ‘Harischandra’. As if this person, who looked like a woman in the advanced stages of pregnancy, or even as a walking advertisement for some health tonic, was the power actor to portray the character of Taramati, an unfortunate, dejected and resigned person. They were an ugly lot, with gloomy faces, visible protruding teeth, with malformed eyes and noses, with hollow cheeks scarred with pox i.e. faces which were created by the god Brahma at the end of the working day, when he had run out of material .Oh India, what a terrible state you are Sometimes, some candidates used typical womanish expressions as refrains while describing their acting experience, in order to prove that they had been portraying female characters. I was even scared that one of them would put his arms around me in embrace!

106The truth dawned on me when I looked at a mirror in a betel leaf Any man chewing betel leaf in front of a shop would look at the shop mirror and indulge in a play of his eyes Only when he is convinced, after seeing from all angles, that there is not the slightest flaw in his total appearance will he move off with a smile of content.107In India herself, there will be 30 x 2 crore mirrors. But how many faces will there be which can really grace these mirrors, and how many of these are likely to come to my films?

108Even the women of the red-light areas are reluctant to work in the film. Per dekh babu hum log nachne gane wali hain.per kisi ke samne kapde nahin utarengi.hum ticketvallian nahin.izzat se rahati hain.tamasha banana hai to apni ghar walli ka bana.




109Finally one day, in a restaurant at Grant Road, he notices a young man at work, Salunke, a cook with delicate features and slender hands. Phalke asks him how much is making as a cook. ‘Five rupees a month’, Salunke replies, ‘I will give you fifteen to act in my film. So Salunke is hired to play the role of Taramati in ‘Raja Harischandra’.


acting karoge


han


yhan kiya milta hai/


char rupiya .


barah rupiya or khana peena rahna saath mein.

1912 – THE MAKING OF RAJA HARISCHANDRA


110Kashi is staged in Trymbakeshwar.The whole unit lives there like a family. Phalke’s wife Saraswati looks after them. Shooting by day and developing by night, the work progresses. PHOTOGRAPHY AND DIRECTION111The outdoor scenes are shot at a village on the Pune railway line. The villagers mistake the actor’s words for the real thing. s------------stand still, babaraya, let me dress you, so you look like rohit B------------o! Mother, how I hate this scene where I am being sold. baba is so strict and I always go wrong. p------------rohit ,your gesture is too stiff, live the part you are playing, steps back and watches as phalke puts his heart into the disrobing of Tara mati HARISHCHANDRA Hai,is kusamye mein aarya putre ki kaun stuti karta hai? Priy dheeraj rakho!yeh rone ka samay nahin.dekho savera hua chahta hai.aisa n ho koi aa jaye or hum logon ko jaan le.or aik matre lajja bachi hai or vh bhi chali jaye .chaliye kaleje per sil bandh ker rohitashvy ki kriya Karen.or adha kafan hame do.

Nath!mere paas to aik bhi kpada nahin.apna aanchal phad ker ise lappet lai hoon.isme se bhi adha de doongi to yeh khula raha jayega. Hai ,chakrevati ke putre ko kafan bhi nahin milta

Adhe gaz ke kapde ke liye mera dharma n chuda.adha kapda phad de.








S-----------I wonder why a chill passes down my spine

She pulls her sari tightly around herself and goes back to prepare for the next shot.


112Requiring a dancer for one sequence, Phalke trains and hires a dancing girl. But her patron arrives and forcefully takes the girl away.113Saraswatibai, shy of appearing on the screen, refuses to play the Nati.114‘Raja Harischandra’ is completed.

21 April 1913, 6. 45 p.m. 116Mandakini has been left at home with a high fever.115A charity show of ‘Raja Harischandra’ is being held for the Catholic Hospital at Olympia Theatre. Everybody present knows that they are watching history being made.117At the end of the show, a jam-packed house gives a standing ovation to the modest unpretentious pioneer of the Swadeshi film, DG Phalke. 118‘Raja Harischandra” receives fantastic publicity in the manufacturing papers in India.119The reason why Harishchandra failed to draw crowd in suratWaas that the famous wakaner theatre group was staging plays in surat ‘our town is commercial to the bone. Everybody here means business. Look at what wakener people are doing? They charge two annas for six hours of entertainment. This film of yours is too expensive to see. Start charging two paisa per show. Or make it a longer show. Phalke ignored the advice See fifty thousand pictures in two annas .don’t miss your chance to see the wonderful pictures which are two miles three-inch in size It worked120Phalke travels everywhere with the film, and meets Baburao and Anandrao Painter, who are exhibitors of the film. THEY are dreaming of an indigenous camera.


3rd October 1913

121Phalke Films shifts to Nasik to set up the studio. Rents How dacha Bangla, an outhouse in Phule Market, from Balakrishna Dadajee Vaidya, a Gujarati landlord, for seventy-five rupees a month. 122The Chitakarshak Theatre Company owned by Rambhau Daji Gokhale visits Nasik with their Shakespeare plays. Dadasaheb invites their actresses Kamlabai and her mother Durgabai to act in ‘Mohini Bhasmasur122At night Saraswatibai, Phalke’s wife, perforates and develops the film, and by day plays the role of cook and mother to the unit.123Neelkanth, Phalke’s fourth child, is born. ‘Mohini Bhasmasur’ gets a fantastic reception all over India. He continues to correspond with Mr. Cabourne of ‘The Bioscope’, London, and thinks about upgrading his equipment.

124Accordingly, on 1 August 1940, Phalke sets sail for London on a German liner. On the ship he misses his family and writes a letter asking them to forgive him for being an uncaring father.125 3 days later, the Second World War breaks out.126He reaches London and arranges for trade shows to be held of his film with the help of Mr. Cabourne.127He receives an order for 200 prints of his film from Warner Bros. and Vitaphone128The Hepworth factory offers him a partnership to make Indian films in England. Phalke refuses, believing that Swadeshi films must be made with indigenous resources and money. He goes about placing orders for the latest equipment and raw materials.129While it is business as usual in England, in India, the war panic is on.130His financier has stopped paying any salaries to his workers.131It is Saraswati who, in Dada’s absence, skillfully avoids the total shut down of the studio and the dismissal of all the trained staff by pleading with the financier to wait till her husband returns.132Empty-handed, Phalke returns to India.133, the orthodox Nasik Brahmins insist that he perform prayaschit since he has crossed the seas.134With great difficulty he manages to convince his financier to offload his equipment when the ship arrives in port.135But troubles never come singly. His photographer falls sick136His electrician dies of cholera. His generator falls to pieces.138His manager is falsely implicated by the police in a case.139In spite of all these setbacks, he collects petty funds from various sources and starts to work on the film, ‘The Life of Shriyal’. 140But the actor playing King Shriyal falls sick, and the actress playing the role of Chaguna sprains her ankle.141Once again, Saraswatibai comes to his rescue. She offers to play the role of Chaguna on two conditions – that her name will not be publicized, and that Phalke himself should play Shriyal. The child Chilaya is to be played by theirs eldest son, sarswati-----------kya mein chaguma ka abhinya nahi ker sakti.aap to parde per machis ki nirjive teeliyon senritya karva sakte hain, phir mein to eak insane hoon.

Parmatama tumhe dirgh ayu banayen,or mein to keval mangal sutre se santusht hoon.mein koi abhushan nahi chahti.






Bhalchandra.142But ‘The Life of Shriyal’ has to be abandoned. Phalke is on the verge of despair.

142Phalke advertises for loans and funds, but there is no response. 143He contacts Lokmanya Tilak for help in his Swadeshi film movement. Tilak immediately agrees to arrange for the loan through the Paisa Fund Scheme, but it fails.144Phalke issues another circular for funds in which he appeals, ‘Do not let this institution die.’145He meets various heads of state for funds.146The princess of Indore gives him five thousand rupees, through Shrimant Talcherkar Mamasaheb.147Another child, 148Phalke is invited to deliver a lecture to the workers in the factory of Laxmanrao Kirloskar. One worker, overwhelmed by tears, touches his feet and says, ‘You showed us the moving image.’ At the station, a man sells mechanical toys, calling these moving images ‘Phalke for four annas’. Prabhakar is born.

153The United States enters the war. A revolution takes place in Russia. Phalke starts shooting ‘Lanka Dahan’. 154During the shooting, men dressed as monkeys lose their way to the shooting location. Passing villagers mistake them for real gods and the people worship them. Phalke suspends his four children by wires to give perspective to the flight of Hanuman in the film. 149Nothing could stop Hanuman. On the horizon, he could see Lanka. As he approached the city, he changed back to his normal size. Once in Lanka, he set out to find Sita. 150whereabouts. Then he saw a grove of trees. Beneath one of the trees was the most beautiful woman Hanuman had ever seen. She was crying and repeating, "Rama, Rama. I have found her," Hanuman declared. "Lord Rama will be so happy." Hanuman looked around. He noticed that Sita was surrounded by many she-demons. Just as Hanuman was about approach her, he saw Ravana coming. The king of Lanka was sat on the ground next to Sita. He was saying, "Sita, come with me. Come live in my palace. I will make you my queen. You can have anything you wish. "Hanuman hid from view. Sita spoke: "How dare you speak to me this way. You have kidnapped me. I am Rama's wife, King Janaka's daughter. Rama will come for me. He will rescue meand kill you and all you demons. If you let me go, I will try to spare your life." Ravana seemed hurt by Sita's words. Anger and sorrow filled Ravana's heart. He knew at that moment he would never have Sita. "Then you shall remain here," he said as he turned away. Hanuman did not move a muscle. He waited and waited. The she-demons guarding Sita were getting tired. One by one they fell asleep. Here was his chance to speak to Sita. Hanuman approached her and knelt at her feet. “Do not fear. I am Hanuman, Rama's servant and messenger. He has sent me to find you. He cries for your return.” “How do I know you are telling me the truth? You may be just another demon in disguise." Sita said. Hanuman reached into his pocket and removed Rama's ring. "Here," he said, "This should prove that Rama has sent me." Sita pressed her hands to her face and cried. "I am sorry I doubted you. Go to Rama and tell him where I am. Tell him I will wait for him to save me." Sita gave Hanuman a jewel. "Here. Take this to my lord as proof of my love." Suddenly the demons awoke. They attacked Hanuman. He killed them with ease. Hanuman was finally taken to the palace. Ravana ordered him killed. One of Ravana's wise men reminded the king, "It is not permitted to kill a messenger.” Then we shall punish him. Set his tail on fire. Let him return home that way," Ravana declared. As the king's men wrapped Hanuman's tail in cloth to set it on fire he grew it Longer and longer. The more they wrapped, the longer Hanuman grew his tail. Finally, Ravana ordered, "Set it on fire!" cried Ravana. With his long tail on fire, Hanuman flew into the sky. He decided to set the city of Lanka ablaze to punish Ravana. He flew low over the city and set each building, temple, palace and garden on fire. Flames shot high into the sky. As he flew over Asoka garden he made sure Sita was safe. Then before he headed home, he put his tail in the ocean to put out the fire.

155‘Lanka Dahan’ is a thumping success156The receipts from sales have to be carried away in a bullock-cart guarded by the police.

With the help of Manmohandas Ramjee and Ratanseth Tata, Tilak decides to set up a private film company for Phalke.160Phalke finally accepts an offer from the industrialists of Bombay, who are brokers. Phalke Films is incorporated into the Hindustan Film Company, with Phalke as working partner, and VS Apte, Mayashankar Bhatt, LB Phatak, Madhavjee Jaisingh, and Gokuldas Damodardas as financing partners.161Phalke gives up Western dress and takes to wearing a dhoti andkameez.162Srikrishna, his sixth child, is born. Inspired, Phalke decides to make ‘Sri Krishna Janam’. 163After this, Phalke decides to make ‘Kaliya Mardan’ with his daughter Mandakini in the role of the mischievous child-god, Krishna. s 164The shooting begins One day, during the shooting, Mandakini is making faces at herself in the mirror. Dada sees her and slaps her face. The apparatus with the glass tank for the trick photography showing the serpent in the water explodes, injuring Dada in the leg.166. When Krishna leaves home, Mandakini gets carried away and sheds real tears.167During the shoot one day, she falls into the water, but refuses to allow her father to pack up. 168When it is finally released, ‘Kaliya Mardan’ is a huge success.

169It is an idyllic time, and they all live together like one big happy family. But the happiness is short-lived. Differences soon crop up between Phalke and his partners.170To meet the demand for 36 prints, he goes to Bombay to buy another printer. But the regional office of the Hindustan Film Company declines to pay the bill.171Without Phalke’s knowledge, negatives are sent to America with Bhogilal Dave, nephew of his partnerMayashankarBhatt.172When he returns to Nasik, Phalke finds that an American householder has been appointed as Studio Manager for the princely sum of Rs. 1700 a month.173Phalke wants to leave the film company, but he is under contract for fifteen years. If he leaves he has to indemnify the loss to the tune of fifty thousand rupees. But he leaves.

182Eating off old gold, lodging at Agrechiwadi, paranoid, in tatters, Dadasaheb ties 5 knots in his dhoti, one for each child. Then he takes the dhoti and burns it to ashes and draws a circle around the children with the ash.183A Marathi journalist, Achyut Balwant Kolhatkar, writes an open letter to Phalke in his paper Sandesh, requesting him to come back and make more films. Phalke says, at the end of his reply, ‘Dadasaheb Phalke is dead.’ In a scoop in Sandesh, Kolhatkar headlines this letter ‘Dadasaheb Phalke Dead’ and publishes it prominently. The letter causes a sensation throughout Maharashtra. Hundreds of his admirers write letters to Phalke requesting him to stage a comeback in cinema. 75He begins to write a play, ‘Rangabhoomi’, about his own life. To keep him company, Kirloskar Music Company’s Master Manohar Barve, the company’s owner, Bapuji Majumdar, Prof. Ganpatrao and the famous storywriter Narayan Hari Apte, sit for hours in Phalke’s home and discuss art. Stage per bahut se patre makeup ker rahen hai. Dadi munchen chipkane mein lage hai.kuch log munh per powder pot rahen hai.aourton ka kam karne walli sadi bandhva rahi hai.aik tamdore ka tar kas raha hai.do teen chai peene mein magan hai.aik bhikshuk stree dhumre paan ker rahi hai.aik raja machi jala ker uski ciggerete jala raha hai.jahan tahan arajkta or masti hai.teesri ghanti bajte hi parda neeche uthta hai. Tabhi company ka malik sangeet rao achanak theater mein pravesh karta hai.yatra ki poshak pahane aik haath mein hand bag or dusre mein over coat hai.peachy hamal ser per holdall utha ker. Sangeet rao parda kheenchta hai,bhadkta hai.


ganpati kheencho ooper

aik dum upper jane do.(kalakar use parda neeche lane ko kahate hain.)


neeche nahin.paper mein ad ke mutabik barober sadhe aath baje parda upper jana chahiye.bilkul right time.8.30 sharp.

Actor-----hume kames kam das minute…. Sangitrao----never Bikshuk stree----sutredhar ke pravesh ki taiyari mein paanch minute hai. Sangeet---------wont do Sutradhar-------thoda baki hai,tambore ki taar bhi chadhani hai. Sangeet---------nahin mangta Aik actor-------do minute mein moonch chipka leta hun.nahin to char logo mein hansi ho jayegi. Sangeet----------zaroor honi chahiye Doosra----------jaisi aapki marzi. Man apman vegyehra jo gupt bate hain,prakashit nahin honi chahiye.aisa shastre kahate hain.aayushye grih…. Sangeet-------aisi kahavte mujhe senkadon aati hain.tum log tamasha bano aisi mert ischa nahin.kyon ki tumhara tamasha mano mera hi tamasha hoga.or her vakt tumhara kuch n kuch rona hai.bade bade actor tayaar hai…kintu yeh chiler piller,lakhu!TUAB TAK TAiYAR KYON NAHINhua Bhelu……main batata hun main taiyar kyon nahin hua.ise ham logo ne abhi neend se jagaya hai.makeup room mein ,gate ke samne.


hume kames kam das minute.


never


vishvamitre nahin aye hain abhi tak.

Sangit rao ka dhyan upper choli aurneeche chadi pahane actor ki taraf jata hai.


annaji!abhi tak aap aise hi.


meri sadi gopiya ne pahani thi.

Gopiya------galti se pahan li thi saheb.lekin kafi pahle louta di thi. Sangeet------pahale batao ki makeup room chod ker stage per kyon kapde badal rahe ho Actor------vhan paseena hai.badan kapde sab bheeg gaye. Sangeet----theater nahin tabela lagta hai.phir bhi baki se theek hai.ab ad gaye tokarna hi padega.do char show karna hai bus.humare manager nahin dikh rahe. Prbhaker-----wo makeup room mein chivda khate baithe hain.


aur secretary bhikhaji panth kya ker rahen hain.


wo us kone mein venu kosadi pahana rahen hai aur gudguda rahen hain.

Ramu---- aur uski pappi le rahe hai.chillata hai to uski jeb mein aik paisa dal deta hai.mujhe bhi isi tarah karte hai. Sangeetrao-----pant….aji bheekaji pant…nana….aji bhikaji nana,ye manajment hai ya sangeet rao ki izzat ka phaluda.ap per poora theater soup ker 2…3 dinke liye bahar kya gaya ki sab gadbad ker diya.badi himmat dikhate the mere bina theatre chlane ki.(tabhiaik nauker kerte huia aik chithi deta hai)kya kahne?itna prem ki abhi isi vakt milna hai.aur vh bhi s parivar .mitre prem.ye do pass unke ser per patak aa.(doosra nauker daudta hua pairon per gir padta hai.)once more supplying company.nahin chahiye bhade ki taliyan.nahin chahiye bhade ke revew.dharmarth khelyachak samaj.bahut khoob hamara natak dharmarth ka karkhana nahin hai. Ab kya chahiye?


saab koi bahar……


ja ker kaho sangeet rao ko 150 degree bukhar hai.sutredhar!badopant khdopant.kamer per haath rakhe vithoba ban ker kyon khade ho?

Khadopant------sahab aaj iska phaisla hona hi chahiye


kaisa phaisla


natak mein pahle kise poja jaye


palankrta Vishnu ki.kintu badopant ko Vishnu per prem aaya hai.

Sangit rao-----aaya hoga,kintu aaj kvi ne deviji ki prathna likhi hai Badopant------saheb mujhe maaf ker deejiye,main apne shanker ka apman nahin sah sakta.mahadev yadi krodhit huae to sare brahmand ko bhasm ker denge. Khadopant----ab aap hi bataye,shast anusar Vishnu se …..


saheb,natak mein ghusa ye kal ka chokra,main pichle barah saal se hava deti dasi ka kaam ker ke is pad per pahuncha hu

jab tak ye meri baat nahi manega main is jodi mein kaam nahin karunga.


ye hoga anubhvi sahib,lakin keval stree patre mein.mujhe kareeb teen saal hogaye ,baees bar raja bana hoon,no time rani,bara bar dasi.char bar khoon kiya,no bar daga baji se mara.chalees time ladai me kaam aaya.teen bar judge,do bar shankaracharya aur aik bar to lokmaniya tilak bhi bana

sangeetrao-----shabas veeron,in jhagde fasado,vaad vivado se to pahle hi hum gart me gaye hai.kisishant jagah ja ker paisla karo ki kaun shresht hai.get out.(bahut se kalakar jane lagte hai) main aaj nai tarah se mangla archana arounga,rangdevi! Aik ladka-----saheb ,wo upri manjil per baith ker ro rahi hai,teen dino tak choona mana hai. Sangeet-----sada shive aur nati ,na chuna. Mein to jhamele mein pad gaya.


uske ghar se khat aaya hai…..kisi ke marne ka.


theek hai ab mein aap ka jyada wakt nahin loonga.

Madhuri---mat lijiye,ye dekhiye,main hoon yahan,aap agya dijeeye aur ashirvad,main mangalacharan karoongi. Sangeet----achi ardhagini ho tum.lekin jo kaam tum ne nahin kiyaphir kaise.


kaise?hero heroine ke naraz hote hi aik film nirmata ne nirjeeve vastuon ko nacha ker kis tarah se lok manoranjan kiya tha?aur main to aapki sajeeve ardhagini hui mujhe to ye kaam jamna hi chahiye


shabas parmatma tumahri madad kare.ye kakaz lo aur padte padte vidhyahran ke pahale pad ki chal lagaker gana shuru kro.


kya brhamdev ki stuti ascharye hai!is mein ascharye kya.us vishkarma ko inventor ko prasann ker lena chahiye.


mahadev Vishnu ganpati dattatraye jaise bhagwanon ko chod ker..ganpati dattatye in jaise bhagvan ko chod ker pushker teerthe meinaik kone me pade brhamdev ki pooja karna thoda chamtkari lagta hai.


chamatkari.priye ho jao shuru(peeche se aawaze aane lagti hain.humari pagar do,)koi baat nahin, main akela hi bhagvan ki kripa senai natya srishti ka srijan karunga.duniya ko aschariya mein dal doonga.manushya ka saath n mila to nirjeevon mein pran fookunga.-

………nath jmain kya bolu tujheaisi aap ki marzi (vah aursangeetkar stage ke beech ja ker khade hote hain.) sangeet------ganpati, mahal ka parda inke peeche aane do,phir jangal ka parda aane do(pagar do,pagar do)


koi baat nahi,jab tak yeh sangeetrao jeevit hai,kala ka apmaan nahin hone dega.bhagvan ki kripa se akela hi nai natya srishti ka nirman karoongan.nirjeve mein pran phook ker,keval adbhut aur ramniya drishyon se duniya ko aschariya mein dal doonga.madhuri mere khilaaf sazish hone ki sambhavana hai,tum andar jaker savdhani se khadi raho.



Main kya bolo tujhe.swadesh ke liye pran dene ko taiyaar hoon,swadesh matblab mera pran.mujhe kitni bar sapne me aaya ki mujhe moonche aaye hain.mein bada ho gaya hoon.mai chat per Gandhi topi pahan ker khada hoon.taliyon ke beech bhashan deta hoon.lokmanya meri jai jai kar ker rahe hain. Kyon re swaraj milne ke baad kahate hai ki angrezi pustakon ki kit kit khatam hogi?mujhe wo spelling,wo uchaar,aur wo arth Aur wo maar aur wo schadi Kab wo din aayega Kab ishver prasan hoga



Sangeetrao------shabas mere herculis shabas,mere bhimsen shabaash.ek dhake se 5 mala building girasakte ho.kyon popat tum mujhe pune ke lagte ho.tumhare baba naukri ti karte hai ya koi swatantra dandha?


naukri ko baba laat marte hain.teen sal se roz lat marte hai.bolte hai bheekh mang ya to hamali ker.main khane ko saaf nahin daloonga suver ki aulad


kitne bhai bhan ho


bharpoor hain,single double aur special.


matlab?


hum teen bhai aur paanch bahene jiske aath single aur kal hi ma kejudva yani double.


hari hari .tumhe naukeri mili to tum kya karoge?


bheekh mangooga per naukri nahin karoonga.aji ye desh isi vajah se dooba hai.aisa baba kahte hain.

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