1870 - 1944
Dhundiraj Govind Phalke (Pronunciation: [d̪ʱuɳɖiɾaːd͡ʒ pʰaːɭke]), popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke (30 April 1870 – 16 February 1944), was an Indian producer-director-screenwriter, known as "the Father of Indian cinema". His debut film, Raja Harishchandra, was the first Indian movie released in 1913, and is now known as India's first full-length feature film. He made 95 feature-length films and 27 short films in his career, spanning 19 years, until 1937, including his most noted works: Mohini Bhasmasur (1913), Satyavan Savitri (1914), Lanka Dahan (1917), Shri Krishna Janma (1918) and Kaliya Mardan (1919). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dadasaheb Phalke has received more than 2,555,794 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Dadasaheb Phalke is the 474th most popular film director (up from 529th in 2019), the 280th most popular biography from India (up from 281st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Film Director.
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Among film directors, Dadasaheb Phalke ranks 474 out of 1,581. Before him are Umberto Lenzi, Jacques Deray, Nicolas Roeg, John Lasseter, Paweł Pawlikowski, and Peter Stein. After him are Marcel L'Herbier, Gérard Oury, John Hughes, Alexander Kluge, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, and John Waters.
1931 - 2017
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 468
1929 - 2003
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 469
1928 - 2018
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 470
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 471
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 472
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 473
1870 - 1944
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 474
1888 - 1979
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 475
1919 - 2006
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 476
1950 - 2009
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 477
1932 - Present
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 478
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 479
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 480
Among people born in 1870, Dadasaheb Phalke ranks 74. Before him are Helmer Hanssen, Emil Orlík, Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov, David Riazanov, Motobu Chōki, and Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein. After him are Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Ada Negri, Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann, Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Peter Struve, and Ignacio Zuloaga. Among people deceased in 1944, Dadasaheb Phalke ranks 139. Before him are Kazu Naoki, Motobu Chōki, Mineichi Koga, J. Walter Christie, Paul von Hase, and Adelbert Schulz. After him are Patriarch Sergius of Moscow, Carl Flesch, Riccardo Zandonai, Max Nettlau, Josef Bürckel, and Joseph Caillaux.
1870 - 1956
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 68
1870 - 1932
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 69
1870 - 1932
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 70
1870 - 1938
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 71
1870 - 1944
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 72
1870 - 1948
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 73
1870 - 1944
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 74
1870 - 1958
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 75
1870 - 1945
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 76
1870 - 1964
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 77
1870 - 1935
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 78
1870 - 1944
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 79
1870 - 1945
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 80
1918 - 1944
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 133
1870 - 1944
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 134
1885 - 1944
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 135
1865 - 1944
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 136
1885 - 1944
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 137
1903 - 1944
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 138
1870 - 1944
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 139
1867 - 1944
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 140
1873 - 1944
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 141
1883 - 1944
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 142
1865 - 1944
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 143
1895 - 1944
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 144
1863 - 1944
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 145
Among people born in India, Dadasaheb Phalke ranks 280 out of 1,493. Before him are Ratan Tata (1937), Dashrath Manjhi (1934), P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921), Madhava of Sangamagrama (1350), Amrapali (-450), and Skandagupta (500). After him are Bhavabhuti (null), Mahadev Govind Ranade (1842), Jim Corbett (1875), Homi J. Bhabha (1909), Pulakeshin II (610), and T. H. White (1906).
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 274
1934 - 2007
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 275
1921 - 2004
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 276
1350 - 1425
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 277
450 BC - Present
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 278
500 - 467
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 279
1870 - 1944
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 280
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 281
1842 - 1901
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 282
1875 - 1955
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 283
1909 - 1966
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 284
610 - 642
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 285
1906 - 1964
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 286
Among film directors born in India, Dadasaheb Phalke ranks 4. Before him are Satyajit Ray (1921), M. Night Shyamalan (1970), and Michael Radford (1946). After him are Lindsay Anderson (1923), Dara Singh (1928), Ismail Merchant (1936), Ardeshir Irani (1886), Guru Dutt (1925), Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1941), Tarsem Singh (1961), and Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1914).
1921 - 1992
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 1
1970 - Present
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 2
1946 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 3
1870 - 1944
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 4
1923 - 1994
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 5
1928 - 2012
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 6
1936 - 2005
HPI: 43.96
Rank: 7
1886 - 1969
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 8
1925 - 1964
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 9
1941 - Present
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 10
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 11
1914 - 1987
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 12