MUMBAI: What better way to pay a tribute to founding father of Indian films Dadasaheb Phalke by erecting a full-size wax statue of the grand old man in the centenary year of the Indian film industry that falls on 3 May this year.

The wax statue will be created and installed at the Celebrity Wax Museum (CWM) in Lonavala according to a memorandum of understanding between the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy and CWM managing director Sunil Kandalloor.

The announcement was made when film folks gathered recently on the occasion of the 68th death anniversary of Phalke at the Dadasaheb Phalke Chitranagari (Film City) here.

Present to pay homage were filmmakers Anil Sharma, Gautam Bhatiya, Gopal Ram, Romy Behl, veteran actor Chandrashekhar, singer Udit Narayan and trustees Ramgopal Gupta, Neena Jalan and Prabhat Pandey.