THE SILENT FILM (Marathi)

THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF THE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE OF DADASAHEB PHALKE, THE FATHER OF INDIAN CINEMA. WHAT DID DADASAHEB NOT DO? DID PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS, RAN A PRESS, STAGED PLAYS, SOLD ARTISTIC GOODS AND BECAME THE `FATHER OF INDIAN CINEMA` DUE TO HIS PASSION FOR FILMS. HE TOOK A LOT OF HARD WORK FOR FILM PRODUCTION. HE GOT FAME, SUCCESS AND MONEY FROM FILM PRODUCTION, BUT HIS LACK OF PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE, QUICK-TEMPERED NATURE, UNCOMPROMISING ATTITUDE TO PRINCIPLES, TROUBLE FROM ENEMIES, OBSESSION FOR PERFECTION LED TO THE DEPLETION OF HIS MONEY AND SUCCESS. SUCCESS AND FAILURE WERE INTERMITTENT IN HIS LIFE. HIS ARTISTIC MIND WAS ALWAYS INSATIABLE. SO THIS IS A STRUGGLING STORY OF AN ARTIST`S LIFE. THE HISTORY OF SILENT FILMS COMES INTO SPOTLIGHT AS A PART OF THIS BOOK. AN INTRICATELY CRAFTED BIOGRAPHY, EMBELLISHED WITH RARE PHOTOGRAPHS.