Dhundiraj Govind Phalke   Filmmaker, 1870-1944 First Showman Fascinated by industrial techniques and inspired by a swadeshi impulse to create nationalist images, father of Indian cinema Dhundiraj Govind Phalke's mingling of religion and politics has become a fundamental trait of the country’s public culture. "Like The Life of Christ, we shall make pictures on Ram, Krishna, their Ayodhya and Gokul."