Vishnupant Govind Damle
Vishnupant Govind Damle ( Marathi : विष्णुपंत गोविंद दामले Viṣṇupant Govind Dāmale ; born October 14, 1892 in Pen , Bombay , British India ; † July 5, 1945 in Pune ) was an Indian production designer , cameraman , film director and sound engineer for marathic films .
Life
Damle was born in the Raigad district in what is now the Indian state of Maharashtra . He learned the craft of stage painter from Anandrao Painter , a cousin of Baburao Painter , with whom he was one of the co-founders of the Maharashtra Film Company in 1918 . He worked there as a decorator, set designer, actor and cameraman and in film development. Sheikh Fattelal , with whom Damle worked closely until his death, was one of his colleagues . Together they made their directorial debut in 1928 with the silent film Maharathi Karna .
In 1929 Damle left the Maharashtra Film Company and founded the Prabhat Film Company with V. Shantaram , Fattelal, Keshavrao Dhaiber and Sitarampant Kulkarni . There he was the head of the sound department and introduced playback technology to Marathi-language films. Occasionally he also appeared as a producer, for example Shantarams Kunku (Marathi) / Duniya Na Mane (Hindi) (1937).
As a director at Prabhat, Damle made “holy” films with Fattelal, such as Sant Tukaram (1936), which was also shown at the 5th Venice Film Festival and received a special mention there. In his last film Sant Sakhu (1941), besides Fattelal, Raja Nene was also co-director. After Shantaram left Prabhat in 1942, Damle took over the management of the film company, but was unsuccessful.
Filmography (director)
- 1928: Maharathi Karna
- 1936: Sant Tukaram
- 1938: Gopal Krishna
- 1940: Sant Dnyaneshwar
- 1941: Sant Sakhu
Individual evidence
- ^ Place of birth according to Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema , p. 81; according to IMDb he was born in Alibag in the same district
Web links
- Vishnupant Govind Damle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Founders of Prabhat Film Company (with photo)
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SURNAME | Damle, Vishnupant Govind |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian production designer, cameraman, film director and sound engineer of marathic film |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1892 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pen , Bombay British India |
DATE OF DEATH | July 5, 1945 |
Place of death | Pune |