Harishchandrachi Factory (2009)

हरिश्चन्द्रची फैक्ट्री

Harishchandrachi Factory (Marathi: हरिश्‍चंद्राची फॅक्टरी, "Harishchandra's Factory") is a 2009 Marathi film, directed by theatre-veteran Paresh Mokashi, depicting the struggle of Dadasaheb Phalke in making Raja Harishchandra in 1913, India's first feature film, thus the birth of Indian cinema.

Harishchandrachi Factory is the directorial debut of Paresh Mokashi who won the Best Director award at Pune International Film Festival, where the film was shown. In September 2009, it was selected as India's official entry to Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film Category, making it the second film, after Shwaas (2004), in Marathi cinema to receive this होनौर.

Cast

• Nandu Madhav - Dadasaheb Phalke
• Vibhawari Deshpande - Saraswati Phalke
• Mohit Gokhale
• Atharva Karve
• Dilip Joglekar
• Ketan Karande
• Dhiresh Joshi
• Sandip Pathak
• Vaibhav Mangle
• Abhay Mahajan
• Amey Wagh
• Nipun Dharmadhikari
• Ganesh Mayekar
• Ambarish Deshpande
• Pravin Tarde
• Mayur Khandge
• Gary Richardson
• Gary Tantony
• bhau kadam

२००४ च्या “श्वास्” या चित्रपटानंतर ऑस्करसाठि पाठवलेला हा दुसरा चित्रपट.

Awards and honours

• 2009: Pune International Film Festival: Best Director Award: Paresh Mokashi
• 2009: 18th Aravindan Puraskaram 2009 (Chalachitra Film Society, Pune): Best Debutant Director: Paresh Mokashi
• 2009: India's Official entry: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
• 2009: 46th Maharashtra State Film Awards
  • Best Film
  • Best Director: Paresh Mokashi
  • Best Art Direction: Nitin Chandrakant Desai
• 2009: Ahmedabad International Film Festival: Best Film
• 2009: Kolhapur International film Festival: Best Film [People's Choice Award]
• 2009: Signs 2009, Kerala : Best Film
• 2009: Chalchitra Film society, Kerala : Best Débutante director
• 2009: Golapudi Shrinivas National Award, Chennai : Best Débutante director
• 2009: V Shantaram Award : Best Costume : Mridul Patwardhan, Mahesh Sherla, Geeta Godbole
• 2009: Balasaheb Sarpotdar Award : Best Film