# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dadasaheb-phalke
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:38:38.317Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dadasaheb-phalke"
name: "Dadasaheb Phalke"
slug: "dadasaheb-phalke"
description: "Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke, was an Indian producer, director and screenwriter, widely regarded as \"the Father of Indian cinema\"."
tagline: "Indian film producer, director and screenwriter (1870–1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Phalke.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1870-04-30"
deathDate: "1944-02-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.35790133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump