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Who was first Indian to make film in India?
Harishchand Bhatwadekar
Dada Phalke
V. Shantharam
Sohrab Modi
Maddy are you sure it is Harischand Bhatwadekar? I thought it is Dada Phalke.
Harischandra Sakharam Bhatwadekar, who happened to be present for the Lumiere presentation, was keen on getting hold of the Lumiere Cinematograph and trying it out himself rather than show the Lumiere films to a wider audience. The public reception accorded to Wrangler Paranjpye at Chowapatty on his return from England with the coveted distinction he got at Cambridge was covered by Bhatwadekar in December 1901- the first Indian topical or actuality film was born.
