1. Ramchandra Gopal Torne, known as Dadasaheb Torne, was an Indian director and producer, best known for making the first feature film in India, Shree Pundalik.
18 Facts About Dadasaheb Torne
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Ramchandra Gopal Dadasaheb Torne was born on 13 April 1890 in Malwan village on the western Indian Konkan coast near Mumbai.
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At the age of 10 or 11, and with only four years of formal education behind him, Dadasaheb Torne dropped out of school and headed to Mumbai.
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Dadasaheb Torne was quite impressed by the plays conducted by this company as well as the new foreign films which were being released in Mumbai.
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Almost one year after this movie was released, Dadasaheb Torne Phalke released the second Indian feature film Raja Harischandra in the same theater on 3 May 1913.
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Dadasaheb Torne decided to record it in parts and then join the film together.
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Dadasaheb Torne was an original director, special effects person, editor, sound recordist and a master of many other techniques now commonly used in modern movie-making.
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Dadasaheb Torne was working in Greaves Cotton company when this movie was released.
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Dadasaheb Torne caught another young man there, Baburao Pai, and started releasing Hollywood movies in Karachi.
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Dadasaheb Torne is the first Indian to open the distribution offices and a movie distribution company.
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Dadasaheb Torne started importing all the relevant instruments required for the movie industry, like cameras, film etc.
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Dadasaheb Torne advised Irani to start his own studio and film production company.
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Around this time, Dadasaheb Torne directed two films: Sindabad the Sailor and Dilbar.
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Dadasaheb Torne decided to form his own company and stop working under the supervision of others.
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Dadasaheb Torne made several movies later: Thaksen Rajputra, Chhatrapati Sambhaji, Krishnashishtai, Savitri, Raja Gopichand, Narad Naradi, Bhagva Zenda, Mazi Ladki, Navardev, etc.
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Dadasaheb Torne made 17 movies: three Hindi, eight Marathi and six Hindi+Marathi.
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Dadasaheb Torne's career was now over after such a blow from someone he knew and worked with for several decades.
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Dadasaheb Torne died there on the morning of 19 January 1960 in his sleep.