What is Dadasaheb Phalke?
{{Infobox person | name = Dadasaheb Phalke | image = Phalke.jpg | caption = | birth_name = Dhundiraj Govind Phalke | birth_date = 30 April 1870 | birth_place = [[Tryambakeshwar]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1944|2|16|1870|4|30}} | death_place = [[Nashik]], Bombay, British India | occupation = Movie director, producer, screenwriter | years_active = 1913–1937 | spouse = | alma_mater = [[Sir J. J. School of Art]] | children = | homepage = }} '''Dhundiraj Govind Phalke''' (30 April 1870 – 16 February 1944) was an [[India]]n producer-director-screenwriter. He is known as ''the father of [[Indian cinema]]''.<ref>{{cite book| last1 = Vatave| first1 = Bapu| last2 = Trust| first2 = National Book| title = Dadasaheb Phalke, the father of Indian cinema| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=zTZnAAAAMAAJ| access-date = 2012-11-17| year = 2004| publisher = National Book Trust| isbn = 978-81-237-4319-6 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Sachin Sharma, TNN 28 June 2012, 03.36AM IST |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-28/vadodara/32456429_1_godhra-dadasaheb-phalke-father-of-indian-cinema |title=Godhra forgets its days spent with Dadasaheb Phalke - Times Of India |publisher=Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2012-06-28 |access-date=2012-11-17 |archive-date=2013-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101035654/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-28/vadodara/32456429_1_godhra-dadasaheb-phalke-father-of-indian-cinema |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Vilanilam|first=J. V.|title=Mass Communication in India: A Sociological Perspective|year=2005|publisher=Sage Publications|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-7829-515-2|page=128|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XBU6pN7toHsC&pg=PA128 }}</ref> The [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]], awarded to people who worked for a long time to the Indian cinema, was created in his honor by the [[Government of India]] in 1969.