Vishnupant Govind Damle

Vishnupant Govind Damle

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Vishnupant Govind Damle Profile

  • Name:
  • Vishnupant Govind Damle
  • Born:
  • October 14, 1892
  • Died:
  • July 5, 1945

Vishnupant Govind Damle Biography

Vishnupant Govind Damle was one of the founding members and partners of 'Prabhat Film Company’, one of the prominent Marathi film production companies in the early era of Indian cinema. Damle was known as a film producer, director, production designer, cinematographer and sound engineer associated with Marathi cinema. He along with Sheikh Fattelal directed the 1936 blockbuster movie - Sant Tukaram, which was the first Indian film to be screened at an international film festival. The movie won a "Special Recommendation" at the 5th Venice International Film Festival. VISHNUPANT DAMLE - The Unsung Hero of Talkies is a documentary film made on him.

 

He was born in Raigad District, Maharashtra on 14 October 1892. He learned stage painting from Anandrao Painter. When Maharashtra Film Company was founded in 1918, Anandrao was one among its founding members. Throughout his career Damle worked as an art director and production designer and later moved to direction field as well. He along with his colleague, Fattelal Sheikh made his directorial debut through1928 silent film Maharathi Karna. The following year he left the company and join hands with legendary film maker V. Shantaram to form a new film production company - Prabhat Film Company. Prabhat film productions was one of the earliest well-established companies of Marathi cinema.  

 

Sant Tukaram (1936), produced under Prabhat’s banner was a milestone movie, not only in Marathi cinema, but also in 100 years of Indian cinema. This movie has been included in many lists of ‘Must watch 100 movies of Indian cinema’. The movie also reached the top 3 at Venice Film Festival. He turned a sound recordist with the movie, Ayodyecha Raja. Sant Sakhu (1941) was his last movie.

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Updated: June 30, 2014

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