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'''Maharashtra Film Company''' was an [[India]]n film production company, established by [[Baburao Painter]] in [[Kolhapur]]. Established in 1918,<ref name="maharashtra film co"/> it was a [[silent film]] studio, which was a pioneer in [[Maharashtra]] and [[Marathi cinema]], under the patronage of the [[Shahu Maharaj]], the [[Maharaja of Kolhapur]]. It released the first significant historical, ''[[Sairandhri (1920 film)|Sairandhari]]'', released in Pune 7 February 1920. In the coming decade the only other major company was [[Dada Saheb Phalke]]'s Hindustan Film Company. It made numerous films till the advent of [[talkies]] in 1931, but started collapsing after [[V. Shantaram]] left in 1929, to form [[Prabhat Film Company]], it finally closed down in 1931.<ref name="maharashtra film co"/><ref>{{cite book |title=The Oxford history of world cinema|author=Geoffrey Nowell-Smith|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1996|isbn=0-19-811257-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordhistoryofw00geof/page/n430 399] |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordhistoryofw00geof |url-access=registration|quote=Maharashtra Film Company.}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Vishnupant Damle was trusted lieutenant of [[Baburao Painter]] in his Maharashtra film Company, [[Kolhapur]]. The company had made a name for itself with its silent films in early 1920s.<ref name=pra/><br />
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Baburao Painter made many silent movies till 1930 however after a few more silent films, the Maharashtra Film Company pulled down its shutters with the advent of sound. Baburao was not particularly keen on the talkies for he believed that they would destroy the visual culture so painfully evolved over the years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upperstall.com/people/baburao-painter |title=Baburao Painter |publisher=[[Upperstall]] }}</ref><br />
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Baburao Painter's associates, [[V Shantaram]], [[Keshavrao Dhaibar]], and close friends [[Vishnupant Damle]] and Fateh Lal (Damle Mama and Saheb Mama) held senior posts at the company. Eventually they decided to move out of the Maharashtra Film Company and formed their own [[Prabhat Film Company]] in 1929.<ref name=pra>[http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19990722/ile22129.html Backing Prabhat Films] ''[[Indian Express]]'', Thursday, 22 July 1999.</ref><br />
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===Filmography===<br />
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* Sinhagad (1923)<ref name="maharashtra film co">{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of early cinema|author=Richard Abel|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2005|isbn=0-415-23440-9 |page=589 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9cc71Uekc_EC&q=Maharashtra+Film+Company&pg=PA589}}</ref><br />
* [[Sairandhri (1920 Hindi film)|Sairandhri (1920)]]<ref name="maharashtra film co"/><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.imdb.com/company/co0008753/ Maharashtra Film Company] at [[Internet Movie Database]]<br />
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[[Category:Film production companies of Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Marathi cinema]]<br />
[[Category:Mass media companies established in 1918]]<br />
[[Category:Kolhapur]]<br />
[[Category:Silent film studios]]<br />
[[Category:Mass media companies disestablished in 1931]]<br />
[[Category:Indian companies disestablished in 1931]]<br />
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