Netaji Palkar (film)

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Netaji Palkar
Directed by V. Shantaram
Produced by Prabhat Film Company
StarringBalasaheb Yadav
Anasuya
Zunzharrao Pawar
Mane
CinematographyS. Fattelal
Production
company
Prabhat Film Company
Release date
  • 1927 (1927)
Country India
Languages Silent 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]

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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]

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