Maharashtra Film Company was an India

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n film production company, established by Baburao Painter

Baburao Painter

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 in Kolhapur. Established in 1919, it was a silent film

Silent film

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 studio, which was a pioneer in Maharashtra

Maharashtra

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 and Marathi cinema

Marathi cinema

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, under the patronage of the Sahu Maharaj, the Maharaja of Kolhapur. It released the first significant historical, Sairandhari, released in Pune 7th Feb. 1920. In the coming decade the only other major company was Dada Saheb Phalke's Hindustan Film Company. It made numerous films till the advent of talkies in 1931, but started collapsing after V. Shantaram

V. Shantaram

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 left in 1929, to form Prabhat Film Company

Prabhat Film Company

Prabhat Film Company popularly known as Prabhat Films was an Indian film production company and film studios, formed in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India in 1929, towards the end of silent films' era, by the noted film director V. Shantaram, along with V.G. Damle, K.R. Dhaiber, S. Fatelal and S.B...

, it finally closed down in 1931.

History

Vishnupant Damle was trusted lieutenant of Baburao Painter in his Maharashtra film Company, Kolhapur. The company had made a name for itself with its silent films in early 1920s.

Baburao Painter made many silent movies till 1930 however after a few more silent films, the Maharashtra Film Company pulled down its shutters with the advent of sound. Baburao was not particularly keen on the talkies for he believed that they would destroy the visual culture so painfully evolved over the years.

Baburao Painter's associates, V Shantaram, Keshavrao Dhaibar, and close friends Vishnupant G Damle and Fateh Lal (Damle Mama and Saheb Mama) held senior posts at the company. Eventually they decided to move out of the Maharashtra Film Company and formed their own Prabhat Film Company

Prabhat Film Company

Prabhat Film Company popularly known as Prabhat Films was an Indian film production company and film studios, formed in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India in 1929, towards the end of silent films' era, by the noted film director V. Shantaram, along with V.G. Damle, K.R. Dhaiber, S. Fatelal and S.B...

 in 1929.

Filmography

• Nisha Sundari (1929)
• Savkari Pash (1925)
• Kalyan Khajina (1924)
• Sati Padmini (1924)
• Sinhagad (1923)
• Sairandhri (1920)

External links

• Maharashtra Film Company at Internet Movie Database
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