Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatavdekar
Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatavdekar ( Marathi : हरिश्चंद्र सखाराम भाटवडेकर, Hariścandra Sakhārām Bhāṭavaḍekar ; born March 15, 1868 in Bombay ; † February 20, 1958 ibid), called "Save Dada", was an Indian film pioneer who shot the first Indian topical film at the end of 1901.
Life
Bhatavdekar was a photographer and businessman in Bombay and traded in cameras and film equipment nationwide. He witnessed the first film screenings in India in 1896 and was probably the first Indian to import a film camera from Europe. In 1899 he made a short documentary film of a wrestling match in the Hanging Gardens of Bombay . Since there was still no laboratory for film development in India, he sent the recordings to England for editing.
On December 7, 1901, Bhatavdekar filmed the return of Raghunath Purushottam Paranjpye from England, after he had become the first Indian " Senior Wrangler " at the University of Cambridge . These recordings are considered the first Indian topicality film of an event of newsworthiness. Together with imported short films, he showed his recordings in tent cinemas in Bombay. 1903, at the celebrations for the coronation of Edward VII. ( " Delhi Durbar ") in the presence of Lord Curzon and his wife as a representative of the Crown were out Bhatavdekar also traveled to other recordings, including the Bengali film pioneer Hiralal Sen .
Bhatavdekar then retired from the production business and sold his film equipment to Shri Nath Patankar in 1907 . He was henceforth manager of movie theaters. No record of his films has survived.
Filmography
- 1899: The Wrestlers
- 1899: Man and Monkey
- 1901: Landing of Sir MM Bhownuggree
- 1901: Atash Behram
- 1902: Sir Wrangler Mr. RP Paranjpye
- 1903: Delhi Durbar of Lord Curzon
Web links
- H. S. Bhatavdekar in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Bhatvadekar at Who's Who of Victorian Cinema
- HARISHCHANDRA SAKHARAM BHATAWDEKER - SAWE DADA
- History on www.indiaheritage.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ also Harischandra S. Bhatvadekar , Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatwadekar and other spellings
- ↑ 4TH MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOREWORD ( Memento from July 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) In: miffindia.in
- ^ Claus Tieber: Passages to Bollywood. 3. Edition. LIT Verlag Münster, 2007, ISBN 978-3-825-89827-4 , p. 14 ( limited preview in Google book search).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bhatavdekar, Harishchandra Sakharam |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Save Dada (short name); Bhatvadekar, Harischandra S .; Bhatwadekar, Harishchandra Sakharam; भाटवडेकर, हरिश्चंद्र सखाराम (Marathi) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian film pioneer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bombay |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1958 |
| Place of death | Bombay |