Maharashtra Film Company

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Maharashtra Film Company is a former Indian film production company . Together with Dhundiraj Govind Phalkes Hindustan Cinema Films Company in Nasik , it was one of the most important studios for marathic film in the early days of Indian cinema .

Maharashtra Film was founded in Kolhapur in 1918 by Baburao Painter and others . In addition to a self-made camera and a team of young film enthusiasts , she initially had a start-up capital of 15,000 rupees, which the singer Tanibai Kagalkar contributed, as well as equipment and studio premises provided by the Maharaja Shahu of Kolhapur . The first successful production was Sairandhri (1920), directed by Painter. In the late 1920s, in addition to their actual fields of activity, several of the company's employees also worked as directors and consolidated the position of the marathic film industry: for example V. Shantaram with Netaji Palkar (1927), Damle - Fattelal with Maharathi Karna (1928) and Bhalji Pendharkar with Rani Rupmati (1931). After producing 26 films, the co-founders Shantaram, Damle, Fattelal, Keshavrao Dhaiber and Baburao Pendharkar left the company and established their own production company Prabhat Film Company in 1929 . In 1930 Baburao Painter joined Shalini Cinetone, a company that was financially supported by the Kolhapur royal family.

After two financial disasters, Moti Gidwanis Nisha Sundari (1929) and Baburao Patel's Kismet (1932), Maharashtra Film was closed in 1932.

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