the film production era is said to have commenced in bombay from 1913 when the first film, "raja harishchandra" by dadasaheb phalke made in 1912, was first shown publicly on 3may 1913 at mumbai's coronation cinema, effectively marking the beginning of the indian film industry. around one year before, ramchandra gopal (known as dadasaheb torne) had filmed a stage drama called "pundalik" and shown it in the same theatre. however, the credit for making the first indian feature film is attributed to dadasaheb phalke.