'''Vishnupant Govind Damle (1892-1945)'''


Marathi director and producer born in Pen,
Raigad Dist., Maharashtra. Like his long-term
collaborator, [[Fattelal]], was apprenticed to
Anandrao, the artist-technician cousin of
[[Baburao Painter]], helping to construct designer and cinematographer, making his own 

FILMOGRAPHY: 1968: Samayer Kache (Sh);
camera and processing film. Co-founded [[Maharashtra Films]] (1918) with Painter and Fattelal. With [[Shantaram]], they broke away and established Prabhat in 1929. Damle took charge of the sound department and is credited with introducing the playback technique. Took over management of [[Prabhat Films]] after Shantaram left (1942) but without success. Best known for the classic Sant Tukaram and subsequent Saint films (co-d with Fattelal). Last film, Sant Sakhu, co-d with Raja Nene and Fattelal.
FILMOGRAPHY (co-d with S. Fattelal): 1928: Maharathi Karna (St); 1936: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant_Tukaram|Sant Tukaram]]; 1938: Gopal Krishna; 1940: Sant Dnyaneshwar; 1941: [[Sant Sakhu]].

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