Special screening of `Harishchandrachi Factory` at Rashtrapati Bhawan

New Delhi: A special screening of Marathi film ‘Harishchandrachi Factory’, India`s official entry to the Oscars, will take place at the Rashtrapati Bhawan Jan 16.The film, that will hit theatres Jan 22, will be screened at the President`s Estate Auditorium.

Co-produced by Paprika Media and Mayasabha Production, the Dadasaheb Phalke biopic is the directorial debut of Mumbai-based theatre actor-director Paresh Mokashi. Starring Nandu Madhav and Vibhawari Deshpande, the film is on the making of ‘Raja Harishchandra’, India`s first full length feature film made in 1913 by the pioneer of Indian cinema Dadasaheb Phalke. Mokashi`s low-budget period film was completed in January. It has bagged a series of international awards and honours. This is the second Marathi film after ‘Shwaas’ to be nominated by India for an Oscar in five years. ‘Shwaas’ was Sandeep Sawant`s directorial debut. IANS