Harishchandrachi Factory

Harishchandrachi Factory
	File:Harishchandrachi Factory, 2009 film poster.jpg ; Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Paresh Mokashi
Written by	Paresh Mokashi
Produced by	Ronnie Screwvala; Paresh Mokashi
Starring	Template:Plainlist
Cinematography	Amalendu Choudury
Edited by	Anurag Kashyap
Music by	Anand Modak ; ; ; ;
Country	India
Language	Marathi ; ;

Harishchandrachi Factory (Template:Audio; Template:Translation) is a 2009 Indian 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.^[1]

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 official entry to Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film Category, making it the second film, after Shwaas (2004), in Marathi cinema to receive this honour.^[2]

Overview

The film depicts the making of India's first full-length feature film by Dadasaheb Phalke.^[3]

The film was officially released in India on 29 January 2010 and received critical appreciation.^[4]

Year	Award	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Template:Abbr
2008	56th National Film Awards	Best Feature Film in Marathi	Harishchandrachi Factory	Template:Won	^{[a 1]}
2008	SIGNS: John Abraham Awards	Best Feature Film	Harishchandrachi Factory	Template:Won	^{[a 2]}
2009	Ahmedabad International Film Festival	Best Feature Film	Harishchandrachi Factory	Template:Won	^{[a 3]}
	18th Aravindan Puraskaram	Best Debutant Director	Paresh Mokashi	Template:Won	^{[a 4]}
	Balasaheb Sarpotdar Award	Best Feature Film	Harishchandrachi Factory	Template:Won	^{[a 5]}
	Gollapudi Srinivas Award	Best Debutant Director	Paresh Mokashi	Template:Won	^{[a 6]}
	14th International Film Festival of Kerala	Hassan Kutty Award for Best Debut Indian Film	Harishchandrachi Factory	Template:Won	^{[a 7]}
	India's Official entry	Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film	Harishchandrachi Factory	Template:Nom	^{[a 8]}
	1st International Film Festival Kolhapur	Public Choice Award	Harishchandrachi Factory	Template:Won	^{[a 9]}
	46th Maharashtra State Film Awards	Best Feature Film	Harishchandrachi Factory	Template:Won	^{[a 10]}
		Best Director	Paresh Mokashi	Template:Won
		Best Art Direction	Nitin Chandrakant Desai	Template:Won
	Marathi International Film and Theatre Awards	Best Screenplay	Paresh Mokashi	Template:Won	^{[a 11]}
	Pune International Film Festival	Best Director (Marathi Section)	Paresh Mokashi	Template:Won	^{[a 12]}
2010	Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles	Audience Choice Awards	Harishchandrachi Factory	Template:Won	^{[a 13]}