1. Master Vithal or Vithal was an actor in Indian cinema, best known as the hero of India's first talkie Alam Ara and of Marathi and Hindi silent stunt films, which gave him the epithet as the Douglas Fairbanks of India.
14 Facts About Master Vithal
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Master Vithal was cast as the male lead in Ratan Manjari and followed with the swashbuckling roles of many silent stunt films and became a very popular actor.
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Master Vithal returned to silent films and then to talkie Marathi films from 1932 till his last film in 1966.
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Master Vithal directed two films and gave music score to one film.
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Master Vithal acted in more than 90 films during his career of 42 years from 1924 to 1966.
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Master Vithal's debut was on the stage as a child artist with Raja Pur Ka Natak Mandali.
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Master Vithal then started his career as a film editor with the film company in Maharashtra Films, Kolhapur which was owned by Baburao Painter.
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Master Vithal continued to work as film editor and a dancer and played minor roles in films.
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Nanubhai Desai was the studio founder and director of many stunt films produced by the company in which Master Vithal appeared in swashbuckling roles with Zebunissa as his heroine.
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Master Vithal, who was quite excited by Irani's offer, accepted and moved to Irani's newly formed film company Sagar Studios in Bombay, breaking his contract with Sharda Studios.
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Master Vithal was thus shown mostly in a state of trans or semi consciousness in the film and hardly had any dialogue.
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Master Vithal played in a side role in the 1944 blockbuster film Ramshastri.
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In 1933, Master Vithal introduced the concept of double role in Hindi talkie cinema by his directorial debut Raja and Awara Shahzada, in which the role of a prince and a pauper was played by Shahu Modak, whereas Vithal played his first double role in the silent film Raj Tarang.
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Master Vithal acted in more than 90 films, directed two films, and composed music for only one film,.