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| caption = Advertisement in ''[[The Times of India]]'' of 25 May 1912 announcing the screening of the first feature film of India, ''Pundalik'', by [[Dadasaheb Torne]]<br />
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'''''Shree Pundalik''''', which was released on 18 May 1912 at the Coronation Cinematograph, [[Girgaum]], [[Mumbai]], is recognised as the first feature-length [[Cinema of India|Indian film]].<ref name="Dainik Asam Assamese daily">{{cite news|last1=Deka|first1=Arnab Jan|title=Fathers of Indian Cinema Bhatawdekar and Torney|publisher=Dainik Asam (Assamese daily)|date=27 Oct 1996}}</ref><ref name="Marathi Cinema : In Retrospect">{{cite book|last1=Narwekar|first1=Sanjit|title=Marathi Cinema : In Retrospect|date=January 1995|publisher=Maharashtra Film, Stage & Cultural Development Corporation Ltd|location=Bombay, India|pages=9–12|edition=1995}}</ref><ref name="Firoze Rangoonwalla">{{cite book|last1=Rangoonwalla|first1=Firoze|title=A Pictorial History of Indian Cinema|date=1979|publisher=The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited|location=London, New York, Sydney, Toronto|isbn=0-600-34909-8|page=12|edition=1979}}</ref> ''Shree Pundalik'' was produced and directed by [[Dadasaheb Torne]] alias Rama Chandra Gopal.<br />
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==History==<br />
''Pundalik'' was a [[silent film]] without dialogue. Torne and his colleagues Nanasaheb Chitre and Ramrao Kirtikar wrote the shooting script.<br />
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''Shree Pundalik'' was sent overseas for processing by [[Dadasaheb Torne]]. Torne's ''Pundalik'' was about 1,500 feet or about 22 minutes long. The film had a shooting script, was shot with a camera, and its negatives were sent to London for processing. Positives were produced and finally released at Coronation Cinematograph, Girgaum. The film ran for two weeks.<ref name="Indian Express">{{cite web |last = Mishra|first = Garima|date = 3 May 2012|url = http://www.indianexpress.com/news/bid-to-get-pundalik-recognition-as-first-indian-feature-film/944727/|title = Bid to get Pundalik recognition as first Indian feature film}}</ref><br />
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==Debates about the film==<br />
Some have argued that ''Pundalik'' does not deserve the honour of being called the first Indian film because it was a photographic recording of a popular Marathi play, and because the cameraman—a man named Johnson—was a British national and the film was processed in London.<ref name="Indian Express" /><ref name="Times of India">{{cite web |last = Damle|first = Manjiri|date = 21 April 2012|url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-21/pune/31378416_1_english-films-subtitles-bourne|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130530104400/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-21/pune/31378416_1_english-films-subtitles-bourne|url-status = dead|archive-date = 30 May 2013|work = [[The Times of India]]|title = Torne's 'Pundlik' came first, but missed honour<br />
}}</ref> Detractors argue that [[Dadasaheb Phalke]]’s ''[[Raja Harishchandra]]'', which was released nearly a year later, is more deserving of the title of the first Indian film.<ref name="Indian Express" /> However, other writers, film critics and historians like [[Firoze Rangoonwalla]], Arnab Jan Deka, [[Sanjit Narwekar]] have argued that [[Dadasaheb Torne]] was indeed the father of Indian cinema, as his first directed and produced feature film ''Pundalik'' was officially released on 18 May 1912, almost one year before Phalke's ''Raja Harischandra'', released on 3 May 1913. Arnab Jan Deka published a research paper with the title ''Bharatiya Chalachitrar Janak Bhatawdekar aru Torne'' (''Fathers of Indian Cinema Bhatawdekar and Torne'') in the daily newspaper ''Dainik Asam'' on 27 October 1996. Books on cinema like ''A Pictorial History of Indian Cinema'' and ''Marathi Cinema : In Perspective'' support the evidence produced by Arnab Jan Deka in his research paper.<ref name="Dainik Asam Assamese daily"/><ref name="Marathi Cinema : In Retrospect"/><ref name="Firoze Rangoonwalla"/><br />
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==Centennial==<br />
''Shree Pundalik'' celebrated its centennial on 18 May 2012.<br />
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