17 Facts About Raja Harishchandra

1.

Raja Harishchandra imported the hardware required for filmmaking and exhibition from England, France, Germany, and the United States.

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2.

Raja Harishchandra published advertisements in various newspapers calling for the cast and crew.

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3.

Raja Harishchandra reaches a place where the sage Vishvamitra is performing a yajna to get help from Triguna Shakti against their will.

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4.

Raja Harishchandra unwittingly interrupts Vishvamitra in the midst of his yajna by releasing the three powers.

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5.

Raja Harishchandra set up a processing room and taught his family to perforate and develop the film.

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6.

Raja Harishchandra planted some peas in a pot, placed a camera in front of it, and shot one frame a day for over a month.

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7.

Friends and neighbours had often called Phalke "Raja Harishchandra" for having sold all his belongings, except his wife's mangala sutra, to fulfil his filmmaking dream.

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8.

Raja Harishchandra discontinued the advertisements and decided to scout for the artists through theatre companies.

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9.

Raja Harishchandra was asked either to pay a high salary or to marry the woman.

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10.

Raja Harishchandra agreed to work in films when Phalke offered him a raise of five rupees.

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11.

Raja Harishchandra offered similar help, but Phalke politely declined as the majority of the cast and crew were finalised.

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12.

Raja Harishchandra painted the scenes for the palace, jungle, mountains, fields and caves himself on curtains.

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13.

Raja Harishchandra decided to take on the responsibility for the scriptment, direction, production design, make-up, Film editing, and film processing.

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14.

Raja Harishchandra asked Trymbak B Telang, his childhood friend from Nashik, to come to Bombay.

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15.

Raja Harishchandra immediately reported to the Faujdar who visited the temple.

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16.

Raja Harishchandra had his actors enact some of the film's scenes at the town's crossroads.

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17.

An argument has been made in favour of Raja Harishchandra Harischandra that Shree Pundalik is a cinematographic recording of a play, using a single, fixed camera and it was filmed by a British cameraman with the film stock processed in London.

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