Paresh Mokashi is an Indian filmmaker, producer, actor and Theatre director-producer; working predominantly in Marathi cinema and Marathi theatre. He started working as a backstage worker for theatre and did few minor roles for plays as well as films. Mokashi made his directorial debut for theatre with the Marathi play, 'Sangeet Debuchya Mulee' in 1999. He continued to work for theatre and made his directorial debut for cinema with the 2009 Marathi feature film, 'Harishchandrachi Factory'. The film depicts the making of India's first full-length feature film, 'Raja Harishchandra'(1913), made by Dadasaheb Phalke. The film was selected as India's official entry to 82nd Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paresh Mokashi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.