 He brought the revolution of moving images to India with his first indigenously made film "Raja Harishchandra" in 1913, which is considered by IFFI and NIFD as part of Marathi cinema as it was made by a Marathi dialogues while shooting and fully Marathi crew.Kolhapur in Western Maharashtra was another centre of active film production in the twenties.In 1919 Baburao Mistry — popularly known as Baburao Painter — formed the Maharashtra Film Company with the blessings of the Maharaja of Kolhapur and released the first significant historical "Sairandhari "(1920) with Balasheb Pawar, Kamala Devi and Zunzarrao Pawar in stellar roles.