Harishchandrachi Factory

Harishchandrachi Factory (Marathi:  pronunciation  हरिश्चंद्राची फॅक्टरी, "Harishchandra's 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.

Contents

• Harishchandrachi factory trailer
• Harishchandrachi factory first theatrical trailer
• Overview
• Cast
• Music
• Critical reception
• Awards and honours
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• References

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, making it the second film, after Shwaas (2004), in Marathi cinema to receive this honour.

Overview

The film is the story about how Dadasaheb Phalke came to make the first Indian film.

Cast

Nandu Madhav as Dadasaheb Phalke

Vibhavari Deshpande as Saraswati Phalke

Hrishikesh Joshi as Pahila Bandhu

Ketan Karande as Deshmukh

Mohit Gokhale

Atharva Karve

Dilip Joglekar

Dhiresh Joshi

Sandeep Pathak

Vaibhav Mangle

Abhay Mahajan

Amey Wagh

Nipun Dharmadhikari

Ganesh Mayekar

Ambarish Deshpande

Pravin Tarde

Mayur Khandge

Gary Richardson

Gary Tantony

Music

The film has no songs. Anand Modak, a well known music director of Marathi Film Industry, composed a background score for the film with Russian musicians. This was the first Marathi film in which foreign musicians played the instruments.

Critical reception

The film was officially released in India on 29 January 2010 and received critical appreciation.

Awards and honours

2008 – 56th National Film Awards: National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi

2008 – John Abraham National Awards in the fourth edition of SIGNS

2009 – Ahmedabad International Film Festival: Best Feature Film

2009 – 18th Aravindan Puraskaram: Best Debutant Director

2009 – Balasaheb Sarpotdar Award: Best Feature Film

2009 – Gollapudi Srinivas Award: Best Debutant Director

2009 – 14th International Film Festival of Kerala: Hassan Kutty Award for Best Debut Indian Film

2009 – 46th Maharashtra State Film Awards

Best Feature Film

Best Director

Best Art Direction: Nitin Chandrakant Desai

2009 – India's Official entry: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

2009 – 1st International Film Festival Kolhapur: Public Choice Award

2009 – Marathi International Film and Theatre Awards: Best Screenplay

2009 – Pune International Film Festival: Best Director (Marathi Section)

2009 – V Shantaram Award: Best Costume: Mridul Patwardhan, Mahesh Sherla, Geeta Godbole

2010 – Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles: Audience Choice Awards