Phalke evinced a keen interest in liberal arts from his younger days and joined a famous school of arts in Bombay in 1885, and then shifted to Baroda, the seat of arts in western India. It marked the birth of one of the first feature films produced in India, and the birth of the film industry in the country.
For Raja Harishchandra, he played the lead role, wrote the script, coached up other actors, designed the costumes, operated the camera, took out the print, edited it.…from paper work to the final projection, all by himself.
He made Raja Harishchandra, India's first indigenous silent movie and became the foster father of Indian moviedom by his contributions that continued for several years. The boy born in 1870 to Daji Sahib, a professor of Sanskrit, grew up as Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, later became a legend in the history of Indian Films as Dada Sahib Phalke.
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