Netaji Palkar (film)

Netaji Palkar
Directed byV. Shantaram
Produced byPrabhat Film Company
StarringBalasaheb Yadav
Anasuya
Zunzharrao Pawar
Mane
CinematographyS. Fattelal
Production
company
Prabhat Film Company
Release date
  • 1927 (1927)
CountryIndia
LanguagesSilent Film
Marathi intertitles

Netaji Palkar is a 1927 Indian biopic historical silent film directed by V. Shantaram.[1] Kaishavrao Dhaiber who was an apprentice with Damle, co-directed the film. He was to become the chief cinematographer for Shantaram in his later films.[2] Made under the Maharashtra Film Company, Kolhapur, it was the first film directed by Shantaram.[3] The director of photography was S. Fattelal and the cast included Ansuya, Balasaheb Yadav, Ganpat Bakre and Zunzarrao Pawar.[4]

The film, based on the Maratha King Shivaji's Senapati (Commander-in-Chief) Netaji Palkar, and his struggle to save his kingdom, is cited to have made a great "impact" on Marathi Cinema.[5] According to Garga, the commercial success of the film helped save the Maharashtra Film Company from facing bankruptcy.[6]

  1. ^ "Netaji Palkar (1927)". Gomolo.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  2. ^ Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Taylor & Francis. pp. 1994–. ISBN 978-1-135-94325-7. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  3. ^ S. Lal (1 January 2008). 50 Magnificent Indians Of The 20th Century. Jaico Publishing House. pp. 274–. ISBN 978-81-7992-698-7. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Netaji Palkar". Alan Goble. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  5. ^ K. Moti Gokulsing; Wimal Dissanayake (17 April 2013). Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas. Routledge. pp. 122–. ISBN 978-1-136-77291-7. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  6. ^ B D Garga (1 December 2005). Art Of Cinema. Penguin Books Limited. pp. 66–. ISBN 978-81-8475-431-5. Retrieved 10 February 2015.