Sadly, only an incomplete copy of the film exists today. It’s said Phalke’s wife manually perforated the reels in the night.
Dadasaheb couldn’t find women to act the female parts and eventually had to settle for young boys for such roles. Dadasaheb Phalke was influenced by Raja Ravi Varma’s paintings and based his film on the travails of king Harishchandra, who gave up his kingdom, his wife and children to keep his promise to sage Vishwamitra. The ad for the first Indian film read like this: Raja Harishchandra. But every single movie featured in the following list deserves its place at the top of the marquee.Ĭast: Dattaraya Damodar Dabke, Salunke, Bhalachandra D Phalke, P G Sane Yes no amount of commiserations can console the runners up who didn’t make the cut. Instead, we prefer a hot list that stands for what is the best of our cinema.
Believe us, if we had a free hand we’d have compiled a 1000 movie list. But Filmfare has had to overlook many gems in an effort to put forth a definite 100 films that have stood the test of time. There have been so many moments on the silver screen when all we could do was get emotional. In 100 years there have been so many movies we’ve held close to our hearts. But the quantum seems inadequate and in all honesty unfair. Filmfare is celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema by compiling its list of best films. The party for Indian cinema turning 100 began in 2012 and continues to ring in our ears even as a hundred more Indian films are being canned every month in 2013. The reactions are doubly loud when Salman Khan’s movies cross the 100 crore mark. The whole country erupts in a hurrah when Sachin Tendulkar scores his 100th hundred. There’s something about a 100 that makes us feel euphoric.
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