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Great Film overall

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

speech less !!!! can't imagine Marathi movie can be of this standard. Proud to see this movie. The story telling and screen play is so good that, doesn't feel like taking your eyes and mind of... Story show in so adverse situation , how a new thinking , a thinking that was considered as foolishness, has brought such a huge change in Indian cinema. The story is about the struggle of Dadasaheb Phalke to make a first feature film in India. The struggle that Dadasaheb Phalke faced and his determination to bring some thing new in India and create an industry and create jobs.Nandu Madhav as Dadasaheb Phalke did an excellent job, but i liked most his wife Saraswati Phalke (Vibhavari Deshpande), her role in Dadasaheb Phalke's life , she had given him unconditional support, because of which the dream of Dadasaheb Phalke was fulfilled. All the different actor in different characters have done an excellent job too. All credit goes to The Director, because i know how difficult is to make a movie like this. Thanks for such a movie , keep making such a beautiful movie.

I had the opportunity to watch this movie. Initially I was thinking that this was a documentary style boring movie. However, I was vastly mistaken. The movie is very funny and extremely entertaining. I never laughed so much. Silly behavior and thinking, of people of that era makes us laugh heartily.Attention to the details regarding the contemporary culture is amazing too, topped by excellent acting by the lead characters. But it never bogs down the real theme of the story. Many movies of similar class spend tremendous time building the atmosphere and making it really slow and boring. However this movie starts at a very rapid pace and maintains it till the end. Though, the central theme is regarding the struggle of the film maker. It never touches melancholy tone. It is humorous from start to finish. His struggle to get a female actress is really amusing. Even prostitutes refuse to work in movies considering it as below dignity.On few occasions the movie is shown in fast forward pace remaining us about old silent Hollywood movies. Also the lead actor's appearance too reminds us of Charlie Chaplin's movies.

I watched 3 movies last weekend: Up in the Air, Invictus and Harishchandrachi Factory, in that order. And Harishchandrachi Factory really touched my heart. If you ask a South African, he might say Invictus. But I, for one, love Marathi movies for their humor.HF (I cannot type Harischandrachi Factory all the time) is about how Dadasaheb Phalke, i think he is called Father of Indian cinema, made the first movie in India, "Raja Harishchandra". He must've gone through a lot while making the movie. But the portrayal of the events is damn funny. My roommate, who does not understand Marathi was literally on the floor laughing! Excellent acting, direction, attention to detail and did I mention funny? And it does teach you to follow your heart and don't care about results. Loved the way his family supports him.Must watch for all movie fans and non movie fans too!

Hi everyone,as i have mentioned i love watching movies more than i love programming...so i have decided to write a kind of review of movies which i see....after 3-4 days finally today i got time to watch "Harishchandrachi Factory"... when i started it i was hoping to see a very serious kind of movie which will depict life "Dadasaheb Phalke-- Father of Indian Cinema"..but it turned out to be a very pleasant, gentle movie....well the movie starts with a maverick man who has left his good printing business and is working as magician doing street shows....he happens to see a "motion picture"..well normally you wont give a damn about this word...but this movie will surely tell u what it really represents......after watching this cinema..he decides to do his own motion picture or "a drama on screen" as people first used to call motion pictures....movie then goes through his efforts to make his dream real...the best thing about movie is not actually the story but the way it is presented on the screen.... there are few scenes which are truly remarkable ..specially where Phalke sells his cupboard to buy books and people started making a big deal out of it..as if someone has died... part where phalke is looking for women actors to portray Taramati and mustache saga....Nandu Madhav has played character extremely well but one thing i couldn't stop noticing about his acting was..it kind of looked like Chalie Chaplin...i dnt know if its true...but u have to c it yourself.... another beautiful aspect of movie was how relation between phalke and his wife is handled...its shear pleasure watching the couple together....Vibhavari Deshpande who enacted Saraswati Phalke has done well job too....Director Paresh Mokashi has done beautiful job in writing as well as directing... portraying a life a man in 97 min is really a tough job.... so in all a nice movie... and a nice tribute to the originator of Indian Cinema which currenlty is biggest film industry in the world....