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LIGHTS... CAMERA... ACTION! The life and times of Dadasaheb Phalke

Rupali Bhave

'Watch people move in the magic photographs! A picture two miles long! Only three annas!' This is how a magician named Dadasaheb Phalke invited people in the street to come and watch his first film. Other actors in this amazing story about the genius of Dadasaheb Phalke, the Father of Indian Cinema, include a cook who played a woman and the first film editor in Indian cinema who happened to be a woman and his wife! If you are a fan of films, you are sure to be fascinated by this script of his life and the making of the first ever Indian film. It has all the ingredients of blockbuster!

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LIGHTS... CAMERA... ACTION! The life and times of Dadasaheb Phalke. Rupali Bhave. Illustrations: Sunayana Nair Kanjilal. Publisher: Pratham Books. Originally published on StoryWeaver. Read the original for full book-specific credits and licence.

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