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{{Infobox film
| name = Harishchandrachi Factory
| image = Harishchandrachi Factory, 2009 film poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Paresh Mokashi]]
| producer = [[Ronnie Screwvala]]<br />[[Paresh Mokashi]]
| writer = Paresh Mokashi
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Nandu Madhav]]
* [[Vibhavari Deshpande]]
}}
| music = [[Anand Modak]]
| cinematography = [[Amalendu Choudury]]
| editing = [[Anurag Kashyap]]
| studio =
| distributor = [[UTV Motion Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2009|7||[[Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema|Osian's Cinefan]]|2010|1|29|India}}
| runtime = 96 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Harishchandrachi Factory''''' ({{audio|Harishchandrachi factory.ogg|pronunciation}}; {{translation|''Harishchandra's Factory''}}) is a 2009 Indian [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-language biographical film written and directed by [[Paresh Mokashi]]. It is about [[Dadasaheb Phalke]], who made the first Indian feature film ''[[Raja Harishchandra]]'' (1913), and starring [[Nandu Madhav]] as him and [[Vibhavari Deshpande]] as his wife Saraswati. ''Harishchandrachi Factory'' focuses on the struggle Phalke faced during its production.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/harishchandrachi-factory-to-tell-story-behind-making-of-indias-first-feature-film/304892/|title=Harishchandrachi Factory to tell story behind making of India's first feature film|date=3 May 2008|access-date=30 September 2012|newspaper=Indian Express|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930065757/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/harishchandrachi-factory-to-tell-story-behind-making-of-indias-first-feature-film/304892/|archive-date=30 September 2012|location=Pune|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The film is the directorial debut of Paresh Mokashi who won the Best Director award at [[Pune International Film Festival]], where the film was shown. In September 2009, it was selected as India's [[List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|official entry]] to [[Academy Award]] in the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] Category, making it the second film, after ''[[Shwaas]]'' (2004), in [[Marathi cinema]] to receive this honour.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-20/india/28076656_1_marathi-film-paresh-mokashi-foreign-film-category|title='Harishchandrachi Factory' India's entry for Oscars|date=20 September 2009|access-date=26 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210194112/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Harishchandrachi-Factory-Indias-entry-for-Oscars/articleshow/5033889.cms?referral=PM|archive-date=10 February 2015|location=Mumbai|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Overview==
{{main|Raja Harishchandra}}

The film depicts the making of India's first full-length feature film by [[Dadasaheb Phalke]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/business-of-bollywood/dadasaheb-phalke-man-behind-indias-first-film-factory/articleshow/3149982.cms|title=Dadasaheb Phalke: Man behind India's first film factory|date=21 June 2008|access-date=9 October 2012|newspaper=The Economic Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913193737/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/business-of-bollywood/dadasaheb-phalke-man-behind-indias-first-film-factory/articleshow/3149982.cms|archive-date=13 September 2016|author=Sapre, Omkar|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Nandu Madhav]] as [[Dadasaheb Phalke]]
* [[Vibhavari Deshpande]] as Saraswati Phalke
* [[Sandeep Pathak]] as [[Trymbak B. Telang]]
* [[Bhalchandra Kadam]] as Deaf and dumb
* [[Satish Alekar]] as Lawyer (Special Appearance)
* [[Jitendra Joshi]] as Parsi in theatre in beginning of movie (Special Appearance)
* [[Hrishikesh Joshi]] as School Teacher in beginning of Movie (Special Appearance)

==Critical reception==
The film was officially released in India on 29 January 2010 and received critical appreciation.<ref>{{cite news|title=Masand Review: Harishchandrachi Factory, an important film|author=Masand, Rajeev|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masand-review-harishchandrachi-factory-an-important-film/109409-8.html?from=webx|publisher=CNN IBN|date=30 January 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006062507/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masand-review-harishchandrachi-factory-an-important-film/109409-8.html?from=webx|archive-date=6 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Award
! scope="col"| Category
! scope="col"| Recipient(s)
! scope="col"| Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 2008
! scope="row" | [[56th National Film Awards]]
| [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi|Best Feature Film in Marathi]]
| ''Harishchandrachi Factory''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref group="a">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/56th_nff_2008.pdf|title=56th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 March 2012|pages=82–83}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | SIGNS: John Abraham Awards
| Best Feature Film
| ''Harishchandrachi Factory''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref group="a">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Harishchandrachi-Factory-wins-award/articleshow/4225306.cms|title='Harishchandrachi Factory' wins award|date=5 March 2009|access-date=22 May 2016|location=Pune|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091216120917/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Harishchandrachi-Factory-wins-award/articleshow/4225306.cms|archive-date=16 December 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="12" style="text-align:center;" | 2009
! scope="row" | Ahmedabad International Film Festival
| Best Feature Film
| ''Harishchandrachi Factory''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref group="a">{{cite web|url=http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/printarticle.aspx?contentid=200909212009092103122531e244c766|title=Amdavadis saw the Marathi film that could win Oscars next year|publisher=The Times of India|work=Ahmedabad Mirror|date=21 September 2009|access-date=23 September 2012|author=Rathore, Anurita|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203004343/http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/printarticle.aspx?contentid=200909212009092103122531e244c766|archive-date=3 December 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 18th [[Aravindan Puraskaram]]
| Best Debutant Director
| [[Paresh Mokashi]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref group="a">{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/news/2009/harischandras-factory-movie-170309.html|title=Paresh Mokashi bags Aravindan Puraskaram|work=Oneindia.in|date=17 March 2009|access-date=23 September 2012|location=Thiruvananthapuram|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203024120/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/news/2009/harischandras-factory-movie-170309.html|archive-date=3 December 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | Balasaheb Sarpotdar Award
| Best Feature Film
| ''Harishchandrachi Factory''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref group="a">{{cite web|url=http://www.ncpamumbai.com/event/%E2%80%98nave-valan%E2%80%99-new-turn-harishchandrachi-factory-harishchandra%E2%80%99s-factory|title='Nave Valan' (New Turn) – Harishchandrachi Factory (Harishchandra's Factory)|publisher=National Centre for the Performing Arts|date=16 November 2009|access-date=23 September 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130084931/http://www.ncpamumbai.com/event/%E2%80%98nave-valan%E2%80%99-new-turn-harishchandrachi-factory-harishchandra%E2%80%99s-factory|archive-date=30 January 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[Gollapudi Srinivas Award]]
| Best Debutant Director
| [[Paresh Mokashi]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref group="a">{{cite web|url=http://www.gollapudinationalaward.com/awards.asp?Year=2009|title=The Gollapudi National Award Ceremony – 2009|access-date=23 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617071616/http://www.gollapudinationalaward.com/awards.asp?Year=2009|archive-date=17 June 2012|df=dmy-all}}
* {{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/13/stories/2009081359320200.htm|title=Marathi director wins Gollapudi award|date=13 August 2009|access-date=23 September 2012|location=Chennai|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703023210/http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/13/stories/2009081359320200.htm|archive-date=3 July 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|df=dmy-all}}
* {{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/17/stories/2009031760181100.htm|title=Award for Paresh Mokashi|date=17 March 2009|access-date=23 September 2012|author=Ashok Kumar, S. R.|location=Chennai|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008093646/http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/17/stories/2009031760181100.htm|archive-date=8 October 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 14th [[International Film Festival of Kerala]]
| Hassan Kutty Award for Best Debut Indian Film
| ''Harishchandrachi Factory''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref group="a">{{cite web|url=http://iffk.keralafilm.com/awards2009.htm|title=IFFK 2009: Awards|access-date=23 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209162149/http://iffk.keralafilm.com/awards2009.htm|archive-date=9 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | India's [[List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Official entry]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]]
| ''Harishchandrachi Factory''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref group="a">{{cite web|title=List of Indian Submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|url=http://www.filmfed.org/indian-submission.html|publisher=Film Federation of India|access-date=29 March 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516054357/http://www.filmfed.org/indian-submission.html|archive-date=16 May 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

|-
! scope="row" | 1st International Film Festival Kolhapur
| Public Choice Award
| ''Harishchandrachi Factory''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref group="a">{{cite web|url=http://dearcinema.com/article/festival-report-1st-kolhapur-iff/2045|title=Festival Report: 1st Kolhapur IFF|date=13 June 2009|access-date=23 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731034105/http://dearcinema.com/article/festival-report-1st-kolhapur-iff/2045|archive-date=31 July 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | 46th [[Maharashtra State Film Awards]]
| Best Feature Film
| ''Harishchandrachi Factory''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" | <ref name="46thmsfa" group="a">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-21/india/28102484_1_marathi-film-paresh-mokashi-indian-film|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025001233/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-21/india/28102484_1_marathi-film-paresh-mokashi-indian-film|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 October 2012|title=Harishchandrachi Factory is India's Oscar entry|date=21 September 2009|access-date=23 September 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|author=Nair, Chitra}}</ref>
|-
| Best Director
| [[Paresh Mokashi]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Art Direction
| [[Nitin Chandrakant Desai]]
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row" | Marathi International Film and Theatre Awards
| Best Screenplay
| [[Paresh Mokashi]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref group="a">{{cite web|url=http://www.miftaawards.com/index.php/winners|title=Marathi International Film and Theatre Awards 2010|access-date=28 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218055821/http://www.miftaawards.com/index.php/winners|archive-date=18 February 2013|df=dmy-all}}
* {{cite web|url=http://archive.loksatta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=123016:2010-12-19-15-25-00&catid=27:2009-07-09-02-01-31&Itemid=4|title='मिफ्टा'चा दिमाखदार सोहळा|trans-title=MIFTA award ceremony|date=19 December 2010|access-date=28 January 2013}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[Pune International Film Festival]]
| Best Director (Marathi Section)
| [[Paresh Mokashi]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref group="a">{{cite web|url=http://www.puneinternationalfilmfestival.com/about-piff.html|title=PIFF: A Flashback Studded With Memories of Treasure|access-date=23 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424040213/http://www.puneinternationalfilmfestival.com/about-piff.html|archive-date=24 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2010
! scope="row" | [[Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles]]
| Audience Choice Awards
| ''Harishchandrachi Factory''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref group="a">{{cite press release|url=http://www.indianfilmfestival.org/newsdesc.php?pid=29|title=2010 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles Award Winners|access-date=23 September 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918060829/http://www.indianfilmfestival.org/newsdesc.php?pid=29|archive-date=18 September 2012|df=dmy-all}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.indianfilmfestival.org/press10/IFFLA.pdf|title=2010 IFFLA When IndIa sparkked under the LA sky|date=8 May 2010|access-date=23 September 2012|page=55|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106103556/http://www.indianfilmfestival.org/press10/IFFLA.pdf|archive-date=6 November 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

;Awards

{{Reflist|2|group=a}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://harishchandrachifactory.com/}}
* {{IMDb title|1524539}}
* [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film-reviews/harishchandrachi-factory-film-review-1004049959.story Harishchandrachi Factory, Film Review in The Hollywood Reporter]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090929012904/http://passionforcinema.com/harishchandrachi-factory-we-all-owe-a-bit-to-dadasaheb/ Harishchandrachi Factory, Film Review]
* [http://www.backgroundscore.com/2010/09/harishchandrachi-factory-background.html Harishchandrachi Factory, Background Score Review]

{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Marathi}}
{{Indian submission for Academy Awards}}
{{UTV Movies}}

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[[Category:UTV Motion Pictures films]]
[[Category:Best Marathi Feature Film National Film Award winners]]
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