Workshops

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The workshop locations are as follows—


1. Trymbakeshwar – 1870 – 80

ChildhoodThe fifth head of Brahma - Temple - Scriptures - Shadow puppetsMagic Lantern - Kath dacha - Early mechanical toys -CavesMyth – Descent of Gaga


2. Bombay – 1881 - 86

Sir JJ School of Arts - Tracing, Drawing & Molding – Introduction to Raja Ravi Verma – Galaxy of musicians – Marathi stage musicals – Myth & Play ‘Shakuntala’


3. Baroda – 1887 - 95

Kala Bhavan - PhotographyMusicMagic - First marriage – Myth & Play ‘Urvashi Purva’


4. Godhra – 1896 - 98

Professional photographer – Backdrop paintings for stage – Introduction to Raja Deen DayalPlague – Death of first wife – Madness & Magic – Myth & Play ‘Nala Damayanti’


5. Pune & other cities – 1899 - 1902

Second marriage – Draftsman in Dept. of Archeology – Myth of Sati

6. Lonavala – 1903 - 08

LithographyCalendar art – Advertising – Obscenity case against Ravi Verma - Death of Ravi Verma


7. Bombay – 1908 - 13

Returns from Germany after studying tri-color printing processes – Illustrated magazines – Press Act – Swaraj & SwadeshiBlindnessLife of ChristMaking of ‘Raja Harischandra’

8. Nasik – 1913 - 20

Phalke’s studio – ‘Mohini Bhasmasur’, ‘Sati Savitri’, ‘Lanka Dahan’, - Paisa Fund - Hindustan Film Company - ‘Shri Krishna Janam’, ‘Kalia Mardan’ – Birth of Indian film industry – Division of film territories – Resigns from Hindustan Film Company


9. Varanasi – 1920 - 22

Exile - Writes ‘Rangabhoomi’, a play about the world of theatre – Declared dead – The Harischandra myth backfires in life


10. Nasik – 1923 - 36

Returns to Hindustan Film Company as production overseer – Cinematography Act – Arrival of Sound Cinema – Tries to add sound to his silent film ‘Setu Bandhan’ – after failure in talkies, sets up small business in making enamel boards


11. Kolhapur – 1936 - 38

Making of ‘Gangavataran’ – Transporting the Himalayas to Kolhapur by whitewashing the Sahyadri mountain range


12. Pune - 1938

Poverty – Failure – Rise of Prabhat Studios


13. Bombay - 1938

Felicitated at the Silver Jubilee celebration of the Indian film industry – Given grant to build house in Nasik


14. Nasik - 1938 - 44

World War 2Film musicalsChildrenAmnesia – Retreat into childhood – Death