History of Indian Cinema

In the history of Indian Cinema, the honor of being Father of Indian Cinema, however goes to Dhundiraj Govind alias Dada Sahib Phalke, the producer of first Indian feature film called "Raja Harishchandra", inspired by "Life of Christ".

The another important person in Indian Cinema is V.Shantaram. His Amar Jyoti, Ayodhyecha Raja, Manus, Kunku were great films by any standard. All of them were simultaneously produced in Hindi, the last two as, "Adami" and "Duniya Na Mane". V Shantaram was a cinematic genius although he did not have much of formal education.