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| AAFT University Celebrated Birth Anniversary of Dada Saheb |
New Delhi: Today we all are
celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of Father of Indian Cinema Dhundiraj
Govind Phalke popularly known as Dada Saheb Phalke who was born 1870 in Bombay,
and was an Indian director, producer screenwriter, editor and distributor. He
produced the first full length feature film Raja Harish Chandra in 1913.
“Though
we really wanted to create a big event but now because of Covid 19 the
celebrations have been reduced to a webinar. I am happy more than hundred
people participated on this very auspicious day of Dada Saheb Phalke Birth
Anniversary,” said Dr. Sandeep Marwah Chancellor AAFT University and President
International Chamber of Media And Entertainment Industry.
Dr.
Sandeep Marwah assured the audience that soon a seat in the university will be
created to honour every year a film maker of who has contributed a lot to the
cinema after the name of Dada Saheb Phalke.
