History Of Birth And Growth Of Telugu Cinema (Part 2)
The Era Of Phalke
The Era Of Phalke
Phalke then made 'Mohini Bhasmasura' and 'Satyavan Savitri' in 1914. Thus these three films – 'Raja Harischandra', 'Mohini Bhasmasura' and 'Satyavan Savitri' became the first three Indian silent films made by an Indian – Dada Saheb Phalke, in India. And they were taken to London and were screened for enthusiastic audience there. A magazine - 'Cinematography and Bioscope' published from London praised Phalke's art of filmmaking. They were shown for the first time in India in a festival held in Bombay's Coronation Theatre. Today the most prestigious award of the Indian film industry, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award is named after him. C Pullaiah was also experimenting at film making at the same time in Mumbai and screened his production on a whitewashed wall, in hall, in Kakinada. Thus it earned the name of 'Godameeda Bomma' (picture on wall). We shall talk about his ventures later.
Recipients of Dada Saheb Phalke Award:
Awardee | Year | Description |
Devika Rani | 1969 | Actress and former owner of Bombay Talkies |
BN Sircar | 1970 | Founder of New Theatres |
Prithviraj Kapoor | 1971 | Actor |
Pankaj Mullick | 1972 | Singer |
Sulochana | 1973 | Actress and singer |
BN Reddy | 1974 | Filmmaker |
Dhiren Ganguly | 1975 | Filmmaker |
Kanan Debi | 1976 | Actress and singer |
Nitin Bose | 1977 | Filmmaker |
RC Boral | 1978 | Singer and music director |
Sohrab Modi | 1979 | Actor and filmmaker |
Jairaj | 1980 | Actor |
Naushad | 1981 | Music director |
LV Prasad | 1982 | Filmmaker |
Durgabai Khote | 1983 | Actress and filmmaker |
Satyajit Ray | 1984 | Filmmaker |
V Shantaram | 1985 | Filmmaker |
B Nagi Reddy | 1986 | Filmmaker |
Raj Kapoor | 1987 | Actor and filmmaker |
Ashok Kumar | 1988 | Actor |
Lata Mangeshkar | 1989 | Singer |
Akkineni Nageswara Rao | 1990 | Actor |
Bhalji Pendharkar | 1991 | Filmmaker |
Bhupen Hazarika | 1992 | Singer and music director |
Majrooh Sultanpuri | 1993 | Lyricist |
Dilip Kumar | 1994 | Actor |
Raj Kumar | 1995 | Actor |
Sivaji Ganesan | 1996 | Actor |
Pradeep | 1997 | Lyricist |
BR Chopra | 1998 | Filmmaker |
Hrishikesh Mukherjee | 1999 | Filmmaker |
Asha Bhosle | 2000 | Singer |
Yash Chopra | 2001 | Filmmaker |
Dev Anand | 2002 | Actor and filmmaker |
Mrinal Sen | 2003 | Filmmaker |
Adoor Gopalakrishnan | 2004 | Filmmaker |
The 'silent era' had its own thrills. People called it 'walking of huge figures' or 'big photos that move and speak'. People, who were used to mythological dramas, shouted 'once more', requesting repeat of the scene. This was the same reaction even in West. When 'Othello' was screened in London, in the scene where Desdemona was being killed, it was said that a person rose and shouted 'Desdemona is innocent. Don't kill.' A scene of horse race terrorized the audience in the first row, as if the horses were coming onto them. In Indian mythological scene, the sequence of Lord Vamana crushing Bali Chakravarthi, deep into ground, the audience rose up with the hope of watching to which depth he was crushed down. When Anjaneya was flying across the sky people in auditorium rose and saluted him in devotion. When there was fire on screen they searched for fire buckets to extinguish it. These and many more incidents will sure make us understand the atmosphere prevailing then at that time of inventing cinema and its screening.
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