Bhasmasoor-Mohinee - Revision history

HansaThapliyal at 02:22, 4 April 2009

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HansaThapliyal at 05:38, 30 August 2006

2006-08-30T05:38:06Z

HansaThapliyal at 09:19, 23 May 2006

2006-05-23T09:19:17Z

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Within a month or so of my return from abroad, I made some 100-200 foot films for the satisfaction of my friend.

These films were produced with the help of my wife and children only.

However, I badly required further money for employing paid actors.

A moneylender gave me the money against proper security when he was convinced of my success after seeing those films on the screen.

I advertised and brought together my disciples and other employees.

I trained them well, and brought ‘Raja Harischandra’ to the screen within only 6 months.

I got amazing returns on just one print of this film.
There was demand for a dozen prints.

But I feared that the income from one film may be short-lived, like the Swadeshi movement, and thought it would not be proper to judge the income on a permanent basis.

With these thoughts, I made the second film, ‘Mohini Bhasmasur’.

I suspended the work for 3 or 4 monsoon months, and shifted my studio from Bombay to Nasik on 3rd October 1913.

This place was convenient from many points of view.

There I made ‘Mohini Bhasmasur’.

This also brought me fortune, like my first film, and encouraged me further.

I brought my third film, ‘Savitri Satyavan’, before the world.
This film added to the success and income from the first two films.

I used the incoming flow for equipping the studio.

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		+	Kamalabai was the first woman to appear on the Indian screen in Mohini Bhasmasur. Years later she remembers the experience in Kamal Swarup's documentary film 'Phalke's Children'
		+	[[ Kamala bai remembers mohini bhasmasur]]
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 This place was convenient from many points of view.
-There I made ‘Mohini Bhasmasur’.
+There I made [[‘Mohini Bhasmasur’]].
 This also brought me fortune, like my first film, and encouraged me further.