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v1 v2 5 5 Baburao Painter (real name: Baburao Krishnarao Mestri); (born 3 June 1890 in Kolhapur, Maharashtra; died 16 January 1954) was an Indian film director. 6 6 Contents 7 [hide] 7 8 8 9 9 1 Life … … 15 15 7 References 16 16 17 [edit]Life17 Life 18 18 19 19 He was born Baburao Krishnarao Mestri in 1890 in Kolhapur. He taught himself to paint and derives its name "Painter". (hence the name) and sculpt in academic art school style. He and his artist cousin Anandrao Painter between 1910 and 1916 were the leading painters of stage backdrops in Western India doing several famous curtains for Sangeet Natak troupes and also for Gujarati Parsee theatres. They became avid filmgoers following Raja Harishchandra. … … 22 22 23 23 They turned to cinema first as exhibitors while trying to assemble their own camera. Anandrao however died in 1916 and Painter and his main disciple V.G. Damle eventually put together a working camera in 1918. 24 [edit] Film career 24 25 Film career 25 26 26 27 Baburao was one of the leading stage painter for West Indian theatres during 1910 and 1916. He was also an film enthusiast and founded Maharashtra Film Company in 1919. To enable this Baburao had borrow money from Tanibai Kagolkar, a long-time admirer. Movie acting, especially tamasha's were looked down upon in conservative societies like Kolhapur so the studio itself was an living quarter for quite a few including leading ladies - Gulab Bai (renamed Kamaladevi) and Anusuya Bai (renamed Sushiladevi). Painter got onboard his old colleagues including Damle and S. Fatehlal and later on V. Shantaram, trio who later on left to set up Prabhat Film Company. … … 37 38 38 39 The beautiful posters that Baburao painted for his films prompted the advice of not wasting his talent on dirty walls, that an art gallery was the correct destination! Prophetic words indeed, because later his posters were up at J.J. School of Art, Mumbai and much admired by the principal, Gladstone Solomon. 39 [edit] Filmography as Actor 40 41 Filmography as Actor 40 42 41 43 Kalyan Khajina (1924) … … 43 45 44 46 Together, Sinhagad and Kalyan Khajina won a medal at the Wembley Exhibition, London. One newspaper, Daily Express, described the films as full of strangely wistful beauty, and acted with extraordinary grace. 45 [edit] Art Director 47 48 Art Director 46 49 47 50 Usha (1935/I) 48 51 Usha (1935/II) 49 52 50 [edit]Writer53 Writer 51 54 52 55 Sairandhri (1920) (writer) 53 56 54 [edit] Cinematographer 57 58 Cinematographer 55 59 56 60 In 1920 - Sairandhri. This episode from the Mahabharata dealt with the slaying of Keechak by Bhima (one of the Pandava princes), and the film was based on the play Keechak Wadh by K.P. Khadilkar. [The play itself was banned because of the perceived criticism of Lord Curzon.] The intense realism of the killing was horrifying to the audience, and the scenes were deleted. At the time, censor boards had been set up! … … 97 101 98 102 In 1953 - Mahajan 99 [edit] 103 104 100 105 101 106 [[Director]]