14 Facts About Dadasaheb Phalke Award

1. Dadasaheb Phalke Award declined the invitation but was again invited by the Maharaja.

2. Dadasaheb Phalke Award agreed and dubbed the film in Hindi at Irani's studio with the cost of ₹40,000.

3. Dadasaheb Phalke Award joined the company again as a partner and shifted the shooting at Imperial Film Studio of Mumbai under the banner of the Hindustan Cinema Films Company.

4. Dadasaheb Phalke Award readily agreed to the request and joined as an employee of the company on the monthly salary of ₹1,000.

5. Dadasaheb Phalke Award replied: "I am dead so far as the cinema industry is concerned and have no inclination to go back to it".

6. Dadasaheb Phalke Award organised the rehearsals of the play at the Aryan Cinema, Pune for almost a year.

7. Dadasaheb Phalke Award decided to leave the company but his advocate brought to attention the clauses from his agreement with the "Hindustan Cinema Films Company".

8. On 1 January 1918, the "Dadasaheb Phalke Award Films Company" was converted into the "Hindustan Cinema Films Company" where Apte was appointed as managing partner, Phalke as working partner and others as financial partners.

9. Dadasaheb Phalke Award declined the offer and explained Hepworth that he would continue making films in India.

10. Dadasaheb Phalke Award requested its proprietor, Raghunathrao Gokhle, to allow two of their actresses to act in the film.

11. Dadasaheb Phalke Award decided to make a film based on the legends of Harishchandra and wrote the script for it.

12. Dadasaheb Phalke Award went to Germany in 1909 to buy the necessary colour printing machinery.

13. Dadasaheb Phalke Award learned magic tricks from a German magician who was on a tour in Baroda that time.

14. Dadasaheb Phalke Award completed his primary education in Trimbakeshwar and matriculation was done in Mumbai.