Film India II: Looking Back

A Throw of Dice

Light of Asia (Prem Sanyas) plus D.G. Phalke: The First Indian Film Director

Preceded by
D.G. Phalke: The First Indian Film Director
D.G. Phalke (1870-1944) is the acknowledged father of the Indian cinema, who produced over 100 films of which only scattered fragments have been saved. His pioneering work was a major influence in establishing the Indian film industry. D.G. Phalke: The First Indian Film Director is a compilation film which shows Phalke at work on the first Indian feature, Raja Harischandra, in late 1912. This is the only extant extract from this ambitious mythological film, whose success encouraged the growth of production throughout India.
• Produced by the National Film Institute of India, Pune. (1965, 20 mins, Print from Museum of Modern Art)

Kalpana (Imagination)