Maharashtra Film Company

Maharashtra Film Company is a former Indian film production company. Together with Dhundiraj Govind Phalces Hindustan Cinema Films Company in Nasik it was one of the major studios of the Maratha film in the early days of Indian cinema.

Maharashtra film was founded in 1918 by Baburao Painter and others in Kolhapur. She had initially. Besides a self-built camera and a team of young film enthusiasts a starting capital of 15,000 rupees, which accounted for the singer Tanibai Kagalkar, as well as equipment and a studio area, which provided the Maharaja of Kolhapur Shahu available The first successful production was Sairandhri (1920 ) under Painters Director. Several employees of the company were in the late 1920s, in addition to their actual fields of activity also worked as a director and strengthened the position of the Maratha film industry as V. Shantaram by Netaji Palkar (1927 ), Damle - Fattelal with Maharathi Karna (1928) and Bhalji Pendharkar with Rani Rupmati ( 1931). After 26 films produced the co-founder Shantaram, Damle, Fattelal, and Baburao Pendharkar Keshavrao Dhaiber left the company in 1929 and established her own production company Prabhat Film Company. Baburao Painter 1930 went to " Shalini Cinetone ", a company behind the financial standing of the royal family of Kolhapur.

After two financial disasters, Moti Gidwanis Nisha Sundari (1929) and Baburao Patel's Kismet (1932 ), Maharashtra film was closed in 1932.