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Vishnupant Govind Damle

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Marathi Cinematographer Vishnupant Govind Damle

DOB : 14-10-1892
Date of death: 1945
Lived For : 53 Years
Language : Marathi
Star Sign : Libra
Gender : Male

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Vishnupant Govind Damle was born on October 14th, 1892, in the Bombay Presidency of British India. He was an Indian director, sound engineer, and cinematographer for Marathi movies. He co-founded the Maharashtra Film Company in 1918. Maharathi Karna Actor cum director Sanjay Khan had made this TV se >> Read More... (1928) was the first silent movie directed by him. Later, he left the Maharashtra Film Company in 1929 and founded the Prabhat Film Company. He worked as a cinematographer for films like, Gopal Krishna Bio coming soon... >> Read More... (1929), Rani Sahiba Urfa Bajarbattu (1930), and Julum (1931). Then he also did the sound recording for a few movies that were produced by his own publishing house, such as, - Maya Machindra Maya Machindra was a TV series directed by Indian >> Read More... (1932), Sinhagad (1933), Dharmatma (1935).

He was also the sound recordist for Ayodheycha Raja (1932), the first film available on talkies in the Indian film industry. Then his production house created a series of ‘saint’ films- Sant Dnyneshwar (1936), Gopal Krishna (1938), and Ramshastri (1944). One of the films from this particular series, Sant Tukaram (1936) was the first Indian movie to be screened at the 5th Venice International Film Festival and received a ‘Special Recommendation.’ Sant Sakhu (1942) was his last movie. Vishnupant Govind Damle passed on the 5th of July, 1945 at the age of 52 in Pune, Maharashtra.