Cinemaazi remembers K Narayan Kale on his birth anniversary

Cinemaazi remembers the eminent thespian-filmmaker K Narayan Kale (Keshav Narayan Kale) on his birth anniversary. As a journalist, he often commented upon the Marathi literary and theatre world. He co-founded the theatre group Natyamanwantar. A man who dabbled in many forays of filmmaking, he joined cinema as an actor, then moved to Prabhat as a scenarist, wrote the dialogues and lyrics in Dharmatma (1935), Chadrasena (1935), and Amar Jyoti (1936). As a director, he is credited with films such as Mazha Mulga (1938), Lapandav (1940), and Ammaldar (1953).  He also contributed to the discipline of film theory in India. He was the first appointed professor for the Film Appreciation course in the Film and Television Institute of India in the early 1960s.