Archive for September 22nd, 2009

A still from "Harishchandrachi Factory"

The India film Harishchandrachi Factory, directed by Paresh Mokashi, has been submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for consideration for nomination in the 2010 Oscars. The film was selected by the Film Federation of India over this past weekend, and is about the “father of Indian cinema,” Dada Saheb Phalke, and how he journeyed to England in 1913 to learn how to make films (specifically his first film, Raja Harishchandra).

To learn more, read the full article courtesy of Variety.com.