Vishnupant Govind Damle

[1] It won a "Special Recommendation" at the 5th Venice International Film Festival.

[2] Damle was born at Pen, Raigad District, Maharashtra on 14 October 1892.

He worked as a decorator, set designer, actor, cinematographer and film developer.

One of his colleagues, Fattelal Sheikh, worked closely with Damle until his death.

[3] There he was head of the sound department and introduced new technologies in the playback Marathisprachigen film.