Indian cinema divided in 11

Languages
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Assamese Cinema
Bengali Cinema
Bhojpuri Cinema
Kannada cinema
Malayalam Cinema
Marathi Cinema

Languages
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.

Oriya Cinema
Punjabi Cinema
Tamil Cinema
Telugu Cinema
Hindi Cinema

Father of Indian Cinema

Dhundiraj Goovind
Phalke
Popularly known as
Dadasaheb Phalke.
He was a director,
editor,
Sound recordist,
special effects person
and master of many
other techniqes.
1870-1944

Dadasaheb Phalke Award

He

laid the
foundation for the
beginning of a
regular feature film
industry in India.
The highest award
in India Cinema is
given in the name
of Dadasaheb
Phalke from the
year 1969.

History of Indian Cinema

Indian

Cinema history can be traced

back to 1896.
It is when the famous Lumiere Brothers
of France demonstrated six soundless
short films in Bombay.
Harishchandra Bhatvadekar made
Indias first short film by 1899

1930s
The

30s is the decade of social protest

in the history of Indian Cinema.
The 30s saw sweeping changes to the
industry.
Three major film centres were devoloped
in Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.
Bombay was known for making of films
geared for National distribution.
Calcutta and Madras were known for
their regional films.

1930s
Advancement of sound technology

It

saw the rise of music in Indian Cinema with

musicals such as Indra Sabha, Devi Devayani.
Marked the beginning of song and dance in Indian
Cinema.

1930s 1940s
Cinema

came to be viewed as
instrument of cultural revival.
The Indian Government has established
a Films Division by 1949 .
Became one of the largest documentary
film producers in the world with an
annual production of over 200 short
documentaries, each released in 18
languages with 9000 prints.

1940s 1950s
In

this period, the films occurred with

concentration on vibrant song and
dance.
The emergence of playback singing
took place.
Music became as an important
ingredient in Indian Cinema.
South Indian Cinema gained prominence
throughout India with the release of
S.S.Vasans Chandralekha.

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