https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Vishnupant_Govind_DamleVishnupant Govind Damle - Revision history2026-09-07T22:28:03ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vishnupant_Govind_Damle&diff=113693&oldid=prev>Tassedethe: v2.04 - Repaired 1 link to disambiguation page - (You can help) - Sairandhri (film)2021-06-19T00:10:04Z<p>v2.04 - Repaired 1 link to disambiguation page - <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:DPL" class="extiw" title="wp:DPL">(You can help)</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sairandhri_(film)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sairandhri (film) (page does not exist)">Sairandhri (film)</a></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}<br />
{{refimprove|date=May 2014}}<br />
{{Infobox artist<br />
| bgcolour = <br />
| name = Vishnupant Govind Damle<br />
| image = <br />
| image_size = <br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_name = Vishnupant Govind Damle<br />
| birth_date = 14 October 1892<br />
| birth_place = Bombay, British India<br />
| death_date = {{death-date and age|5 July 1945|14 October 1892}}<br />
| death_place = Pune, Maharashtra<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| spouse = <br />
| field = <br />
| training = <br />
| movement = <br />
| works = ''Maharathi Karna''<br/>''[[Sant Tukaram (film)|Sant Tukaram]]''<br/>''Sant Dnyaneshwar''<br/>''[[Sant Sakhu (1941 Film)|Sant Sakhu]]''<br />
| patrons = <br />
| influenced by = <br />
| influenced = <br />
| awards = <br />
| elected = <br />
| website = <br />
}}<br />
'''Vishnupant Govind Damle''' (14 October 1892 – 5 July 1945) was an Indian production designer, cinematographer, film director and sound engineer for [[Marathi language|Marathi]] films. His 1937 film ''[[Sant Tukaram (film)|Sant Tukaram]]'' was the first Indian film to be screened at an international film festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfaipune.gov.in/venice_festival.htm|title=Citation on the participation of Sant Tukaram in the 5th Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematographica in 1937|publisher=[[National Film Archive of India]]|access-date=14 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108014247/http://www.nfaipune.gov.in/venice_festival.htm|archive-date=8 November 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It won a "Special Recommendation" at the [[5th Venice International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/history/the30s.html?back=true |title=Venice Film Festival: The 30s |access-date=14 November 2012|publisher=labiennale.org}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Life==<br />
<br />
Damle was born at Pen, [[Raigad District]], [[Maharashtra]] on 14 October 1892. He learned stage painting from Anandrao Painter, [[Baburao Painter]]'s cousin, with whom he co-founded the Maharashtra Film Company in 1918. He worked as a decorator, set designer, actor, cinematographer and film developer. One of his colleagues, Fattelal Sheikh, worked closely with Damle until his death. Together, they had their directorial debut with the release of the 1928 silent film ''Maharathi Karna''.<br />
<br />
Damle left the Maharashtra Film Company in 1929 and founded the [[Prabhat Film Company]] with [[V. Shantaram]], Fattelal and Keshavrao Dhaiber.<ref name=Prab>{{cite web|title=Prabhat film company|url=http://prabhatfilm.com/founders.htm}}</ref> There he was head of the sound department and introduced new technologies in the playback ''Marathisprachigen'' film.<br />
<br />
As a director at Prabhat Film Company Damle, he and Fattelal created the "saints" films, such as ''Sant Tukaram'' (1936), which was declared one of the three top films at the Venice Film Festival and received a special mention. His last film was [[Sant Sakhu (1941 Film)|''Sant Sakhu'' (1941)]].<br />
<br />
Film Ayodyecha Raja, produced by Prabhat Film Company, in 1932 had Damle as its sound recordist. This is the first available talkie film of Indian film industry.<br />
<br />
Damle Fattelal duo had done cinematography for Prabhat's following silent films<br />
<br />
:[[Gopal Krishna (1929 film)|Gopal Krishna]] 1929<br />
:[[Khooni Khanjar]] 1930<br />
:[[Rani Sahiba]] urfa Bajarbattu 1930<br />
:[[Udaykal]] 1930<br />
:Chandrasena 1931<br />
;Julum 1931<br />
<br />
Damle had done sound recording of following films produced by Prabhat<br />
<br />
:[[Ayodhyecha Raja]] 1932<br />
:[[Jalti Nishani|Agni Kankan]] - Jalti Nishani in Hindi 1932<br />
:[[Maya Machindra#1932 Hindi/Marathi film|Maya Machindra]] 1932<br />
:[[Sinhagad (film)|Sinhagad]] 1933<br />
:[[Sairandhri (1933 film)|Sairandhri]] 1933<br />
:[[Amrit Manthan (film)|Amrit Manthan]] 1934<br />
:[[Chandrasena (1935 film)|Chandrasena]] 1935<br />
:[[Dharmatma (1935 film)|Dharmatma]] 1935<br />
<br />
Films directed by Damle And Fattelal duo in Prabhat film company<br />
<br />
:[[Sant Tukaram (film)|Sant Tukaram]] year 1936 <br />
:Sant Dyneshwar year 1940<br />
:[[Gopal Krishna (1938 film)|Gopal Krishna]] year 1938<br />
:[[Ramshastri (1944 film)|Ramshastri]] year 1944<br />
:Sant Sakhu year 1942<br />
<br />
He died on 5 July 1945 in [[Pune]], Maharashtra.<br />
<br />
==Filmography==<br />
<br />
*1928: ''Maharathi Karna''<br />
*1938: ''[[Gopal Krishna (1938 film)|Gopal Krishna]]''<br />
*1940: ''Sant Dnyaneshwar''<br />
*1941: [[Sant Sakhu (1941 Film)|''Sant Sakhu'']]<br />
*1937: ''[[Sant Tukaram (film)|Sant Tukaram]]''<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references /><br />
Ek Hoti Prabhatnagri by Bapu Watve<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
{{IMDb name|0198868}}<br />
<br />
{{Authority control}}<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Damle, Vishnupant Govind}}<br />
[[Category:1892 births]]<br />
[[Category:1945 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Indian production designers]]<br />
[[Category:Marathi cinema]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian designers]]<br />
[[Category:Artists from Mumbai]]</div>>Tassedethe