| 1 | '''Raja Nene (1912-75)''''''''' |
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| 4 | Hindi and Marathi director, actor and producer |
| 5 | originally called Gajanan Hari Nene. Nephew |
| 6 | of Vishnupant Damle who got him a job at |
| 7 | Prabhat Studio as assistant director. Assisted |
| 8 | Shantaram on Chandrasena (1935) and |
| 9 | Amar Jyoti (1936); he was a key figure in the |
| 10 | making of Sant Tukaram (1936) and of the |
| 11 | subsequent Damle-Fattelal films, receiving cod |
| 12 | credit for Sant Sakhu. Played the part of the |
| 13 | boorish Pandit, son of Kakasaheb, in |
| 14 | Shantaram’s classic Kunku/Duniya Na Mane. |
| 15 | Directed the successful Daha Wajta at |
| 16 | Prabhat. Together with Athavale, Datta |
| 17 | Dharmadhikari and Keshavrao Bhole, he |
| 18 | walked out of the studio shortly afterwards, |
| 19 | leaving the studio’s magnum opus |
| 20 | Ramshastri (1944) incomplete. The group |
| 21 | joined Mohan Studio to make Taramati. Started |
| 22 | his own Raja Nene Prod. (1947) co-directing |
| 23 | Dharmadhikari’s first film, Shadi Se Pehle. After |
| 24 | Rajkamal Kalamandir, Nene Prod. was the |
| 25 | second major production house to emerge |
| 26 | from the Prabhat Studio and was followed by |
| 27 | Dharmadhikari’s Alhaad Chitra. Nene’s next |
| 28 | production was the classic Tamasha musical |
| 29 | Patthe Bapurao, reserving the lead part for |
| 30 | himself. Anant Mane later claimed to have |
| 31 | ghost-directed this hit as well as Ketakichya |
| 32 | Banaat. Pehli Tareekh, Nene’s most |
| 33 | successful Hindi film, was remade in Kannada |
| 34 | and Tamil by P. Neelakantan as Modalatedi |
| 35 | (1955). |
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| 37 | |
| 38 | '''FILMOGRAPHY''' (* also act/** act only): |
| 39 | 1937: Kunku/Duniya Na Mane**; 1941: |
| 40 | Sant Sakhu; 1942: Daha Wajta/Das Baje; |
| 41 | 1944: Ramshastri; 1945: Taramati; 1946: |
| 42 | Bachchon Ka Khel; Phir Bhi Apna Hai; 1947: |
| 43 | Lalat; Shadi Se Pehle*; 1949: Sant Ramdas*; |
| 44 | 1950: Ketakichya Banaat*; Patthe |
| 45 | Bapurao*; 1951: Shri Vishnu Bhagwan; |
| 46 | 1952: Indrasan; Lanka Dahan; Rajrani |
| 47 | Damayanti; 1954: Hanuman Janma; Pehli |
| 48 | Tareekh; Radha Krishna; 1957: Pahila |
| 49 | Prem*; 1958: Gauri Shankar; 1959: Yala |
| 50 | Jeevan Aise Nav; 1964: Tuka Jhalase Kalasa. |
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| 52 | [[Director]] |
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| 54 | [[Producer]] |
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| 56 | [[Actor]] |