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[[File:DelhiDurbar LordCurzon.jpg|right|thumb|[[Lord Curzon|Lord and Lady Curzon]] on an elephant, [[Delhi Durbar|Coronation Darbar]] in Delhi, 1903, News film by H. S. Bhatavdekar]]<br />
'''Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatavdekar''' (15 March 1868 – 20 February 1958), also known as '''Save dada''', was the first Indian to make a [[film]] ([[motion picture]]) <!--insert-->in India.<ref name="punjabilok_firsts">{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.punjabilok.com/misc/movies/first_indian_cinema.htm<br />
|title=The firsts in Indian cinema <br />
|author=Subir Ghosh<br />
|accessdate=2007-07-14<br />
}}</ref><ref name="upperstall_chronology">{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.upperstall.com/hist1896.html<br />
|title=A choronology of indian cinema (1896 -1905)<br />
|accessdate=2007-07-14<br />
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070703110750/http://www.upperstall.com/hist1896.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-07-03}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
H. S. Bhatavdekar was a resident of [[Mumbai]] (Bombay). A Maharashtrian portrait photographer by occupation, Bhatavdekar was one of the first witnesses to the [[Lumiere Brothers]] film show in 1896 in Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.smashawards.com/index.cfm?Page=CinemaHistory&SubPage=H-1<br />
|title = History of Indian Cinema<br />
|access-date = 2007-07-14<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050214182836/http://www.smashawards.com/index.cfm?Page=CinemaHistory&SubPage=H-1<br />
|archive-date = 14 February 2005<br />
|df = dmy-all<br />
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://india.mapsofindia.com/culture/indian-cinema/indian-cinema.html<br />
|title=Hundred Years of Indian Cinema<br />
|accessdate=2007-07-14<br />
|archive-url=https://archive.is/20060524090455/http://india.mapsofindia.com/culture/indian-cinema/indian-cinema.html<br />
|archive-date=24 May 2006<br />
|url-status=dead<br />
}}</ref> He soon acquired a [[movie camera]] from London and a [[Video projector|projector]] and went on to make some films on day-to-day life of the city as also some important events. His family name was changed to Save and his descendants live in Yari Road, Mumbai. His great-grandson, Aditya Save founded Agilio Labs and his great-granddaughter-in law Ananya founded Felicita Foods and The Little House Versova. They have a son who was born in 2007. H.S.'s grandson also acted in many plays free of cost.<br />
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==Filmmaking career==<br />
'''"The Wrestlers"''' was shot during a wrestling match in [[Mumbai]] and was the first film to be shot by an Indian.<br />
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H. S. Bhatavdekar's later films also were all reality films, with "Local Scenes...", "Sir Wrangler..." and "Delhi Darbar..." being of historical significance; since important personalities like [[R. P. Paranjpe]]<ref>R.P. Paranjpe was the first Indian [[Senior Wrangler]] from Cambridge University who sacrificed high salary and worked as the Principal of [[Fergusson College]], [[Pune]] for over twenty years. {{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.terramedia.co.uk/Chronomedia/years/1901.htm<br />
|title=Chronomedia: 1901 - December 7<br />
|accessdate=2007-07-14<br />
}}</ref> can be seen landing in India from a ship; and the proceedings of the [[Delhi Durbar]] (Delhi Royal Court). Bhatavdekar also filmed [[Lord Curzon]] at the coronation of [[King Edward VII]] in [[Kolkata]] (Calcutta) in 1903.<ref name="punjabilok_firsts"/> Bhatavdekar can be considered the first documentary filmmaker of India,<ref name="punjabilok_firsts"/><ref name="upperstall_chronology"/> with his films India's first newsreels.<ref>[http://www.miffindia.in/archives/4th%20festival.htm Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203085022/http://www.miffindia.in/archives/4th%20festival.htm |date=3 December 2007 }} Foreword, 4th Mumbai International Film Festival, 1996.</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
(as a director)<br />
* ''The Wrestlers'' (1899)<br />
* ''A man and his monkeys'' (1899)<br />
* ''Local Scenes: Landing of M. M. Bhownuggree'' (1901)<br />
* ''Atash Behram'' (1901)<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/indiancinema/?browse=language&start=SilentFilms<br />
|title=Indian Cinema Database: Silent films<br />
|accessdate=2007-07-14<br />
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071021091629/http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/indiancinema/?browse=language&start=SilentFilms <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-10-21}}</ref><br />
* ''Sir Wrangler Mr. R. P. Paranjpe'' (1901)<br />
* ''Delhi Durbar of Lord Curzon'' (1903)<br />
* ''Delhi Durbar'' (1903/I)<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name | id=0080286 | name=Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatavdekar}}<br />
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