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Aamir Khan, Rajkumar Hirani team up for Dadasaheb Phalke biopic • May 16, 2025, 12:38 AM ET (Daily Star)
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Also Known As Dhundiraj Govind Phalke
Born April 30, 1870 • India
Died February 16, 1944 (aged 73) • Nashik • India
Notable Works “Bhasmasur Mohini” • “Raja Harishchandra”
Robert Wiene
German film director
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
British actor, director, writer, and composer
D.W. Griffith
D.W. Griffith
American director
Robert Z. Leonard
American director
Tod Browning
Tod Browning
American director
The “Great Stone Face”
Buster Keaton
American actor
The Great Train Robbery
Edwin S. Porter
American director
René Clair
René Clair
French director
Stuart Heisler
American director and editor
James Cruze
American director
Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish
American actress
Musidora
French actress and director
Son of Frankenstein
Rowland V. Lee
American director
Kortner, Fritz
Fritz Kortner
Austrian actor and director
Sjostrom in “Wild Strawberries,” 1957
Victor Sjöström
Swedish actor and director
Louis Feuillade
French director
Mani Kaul
Indian filmmaker
Raj Kapoor
Raj Kapoor
Indian actor and director
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray
Indian film director
S.S. Rajamouli
S.S. Rajamouli
Indian film director and screenwriter