Dadasaheb Torne

Who was Dadasaheb Torne?

Ramchandra Gopal "Dadasaheb" Torne was the first Indian to make an Indian-language feature film, as established by an advertisement in The Times of India of 25 May 1912.

He is considered the "Father of Indian cinema."

Although Torne made his first film, Shree pundalik just under a year before Dhundiraj Govind "Dadasaheb" Phalke made his. It is the latter who is regarded as the father of Indian cinema. The distinction may lie with the fact that, unlike Phalke, Torne sent his film overseas for processing. Moreover, Torne's Pundalik was 1,500' long, about 1,200' shorter than Phalke's Raja Harischandra, which ran for about 40 minutes.