Master Vithal
Master Vithal (actually Vithal Raghunath ; * 1906 ; † 1969 ) was an Indian film actor of Marathic and Hindi films .
Life
He made his stage debut as a child with a Rajapurkar Natak Mandali . He got his first job in film as a technician at Baburao Painter's film company Maharashtra Film in Kolhapur . In the 1924 film Kalyan Khajina , Vithal made his film debut as an actor under the direction of Baburao Painter, playing a dancer. In the 1920s he became the star of Sharda Studios, where he appeared in Douglas Fairbanks-style period films with stunts from 1925 - often under the direction of studio founder Nanubhai Desai , as well as Anand Prasad Kapoor and Harshadrai Mehta . He played his first leading role in Ratan Manjari (1926).
In 1930 Vithal moved to the newly founded Sagar Film Company in Bombay . The following year he played the lead role alongside Zubeida in the first Indian sound film Alam Ara . From the 1940s he appeared regularly in films by Bhalji Pendharkar with Lalita Pawar or Durga Khote . In the end he only played supporting roles in marathic films; he had his last film appearance in 1966.
Filmography (selection)
- 1924: Kalyan Khajina
- 1925: Bajirao Mastani
- 1926: Vande Mataram Ashram
- 1926: Suvarna Kamal
- 1927: Balidan
- 1931: Alam Ara
- 1932: Zalim Jawani
- 1939: Netaji Palkar
- 1941: Amrit
- 1944: Ramshastri
- 1949: Meeth Bhakar
- 1952: Chhatrapati Shivaji
- 1965: Sadhi Manse
Web links
- Master Vithal in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ uncertain; only source: Osian's Cinemaya, Volume 1
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vithal, master |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Raghunath, Vithal (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian marathic and hindi film actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | uncertain: 1906 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1969 |