 The first Marathi film to be released in India was "Shree Pundalik" by Dadasaheb Torne on 18 May 1912 at Coronation Cinematograph, Mumbai.and a Marathi crew who were performing Marathi and Sanskrit "Sangeet natika"s (musicals) and plays in Marathi at that period.The first Marathi talkie film, "Ayodhyecha Raja", was released in 1932, just one year after "Alam Ara" the first Hindi talkie.