HISTORY OF INDIAN CINEMA When we talk about history, we start with firsts. The first ever life form, the first man to walk the moon, the first ever film. Indian Cinema, in the past 70 years, has seen films in about 30 languages. So, it is safe to say that The Indian Cinema has seen many firsts. Let’s start with Marathi; because the first ever Indian film and a silent one at that was made in Marathi. Raja Harishchandra produced by Dadasaheb Phalke ,known as the Father of Indian Cinema, was made in the year 1913 and was the first ever full length motion picture. Even though this film is in Marathi, it is considered to be the first ever film produced by the Hindi Film Industry also known as Bollywood. According to history, Shree …show more content…
The movie was called Pind Di Kudi. Oriya Film Industry, based in Orissa, known as Ollywood released its first talkie called Sita Bibaha in the year 1936. Sindhi Film Industry also known as Sollywood released its first film in the years 1958 called Abana. Source HISTORY OF HINDI CINEMA Hindi Cinema, famously known as Bollywood across the world, is one of the largest film industries in the world. The Era started with Raja Harishchandra by Dadasaheb Phalke, the father of Indian Cinema and Bollywood, who made the first film of Indian Cinema and Hindi Cinema. The first sound and colour films were made by Ardeshir Irani, called Alam Ara (1913) and Kisan Kanya (1937) respectively. The period between 1940’s to 1960’s was considered the “Golden Age” of Bollywood as successful hits like Pyaasa (1957) and Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) by Guru Dutt, Awaara (1951) and Shree 420 (1955) by Raj Kapoor and Aan (1952) by Dilip Kumar. Many Hollywood films have been inspired by Bollywood. The Western Musical Genre itself is an inspiration from Bollywood. !960’s to 1970’s saw some much appreciated actors who are remembered even today such as Shammi Kapoor, Jeetendra, Rajesh Khanna, Mumtaz, Saira Banu, Sharmila Tagore and many more. Some of the actors still active in today’s films are Amitabh Bachchan, Naseeruddin Shah, Anil Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt and a few more. Yash Raj Films and Dharma Productions rule the modern era. Some of the best movies of this decade are Dilwale
Film is a form of art that is formally used as a means of entertainment. Yet, through time making films are now a part of a massive industry. This paper will explore the importance of entertainment, specifically films that are made in India. The focus of this paper will be to introduce the arrival of film in India through different time periods and how several historical events have impacted the Bollywood industry. Moreover, once a general idea of how Bollywood development through time is explained, we will then establish why the Bollywood industry is unique and different from any other film industry in the world. This will also include the different factors which have influenced the Bollywood industry. Lastly, this paper will
The first film ever created was “Eadweard Muybridge”. The film was actually due to a bet. The bet was between former California Governor Leland Standford and Muybridge.
Australian film industry had good and bad times or 'boom and bust' (Stratton, 1990) in period of last 100 years and that is why it can be called a fragile industry. If we look at the history, era before 1914, we find out that Australia was counted as one of the biggest film making countries of the world. This Australian film industry took the honor of being first to produce world's first feature film in 1906, The Story of the Kelly Gang.
During the early 1960s, the Hollywood in America was rapidly losing money. Fewer people went to the cinema and fewer films have been made. And a number of spectacular flops have almost bankrupted Hollywood film industry. Till the late 1960s and early 1970s, the baby boomer generation along with the end of the Vietnam War has created an opportunity of changing and saving the situation of Hollywood. For a period that has changed audience’s demographics from a middle-aged high school educated audiences to a younger college-educated audiences. And affected by the French New Wave, directors injected films with a jolt of freshness, energy and sexuality. That period is known as the New Hollywood or the Hollywood Renaissance. Among the films have been made at
Pakistani culture cinema reborn due to Indian movies and people in a large number go to cinemas and watch them with great interest. In order to study that how Indian
Indian Film Industry holds second position in the world for making annual movies simply behind the Hollywood. Bollywood actors are most known and famous celebrities in the world, particularly in Asian Countries. In fact, they have been getting pleasure from the victory of Indian Film Industry along with luxurious lifestyle and high- profile living standards because of highly reimbursed for making appearance in films or even some commercial & television advertisements. Male governing film industry has many stunning ladies who are been referred as the most top richest celebrities in India.
The love that Indians hold for films is quite known around the world. After all in which country
The company has witnessed a great success mainly thanks to the skills of its managing director who had a great experience in the main stages of the movie industry, from writing scripts, to directing films then to the production phase and the director BasuKhatri had a great charisma, the charisma of an entrepreneur who believes in success with a great determination. Khatri had a vision and clear objectives in respect to the movie industry and produced many films grouping family members then he engaged a professional producer tio ensure better performance of the company. The company went through a period of prosperity when the business environmental factor were favorable , then the economic situation changed and the social trends changed looking for new films with different unique ideas in connection with familiar themes of the Indian
Nonetheless, in 2007, Perna Arts faced the first anticipated crash in production due to foreign firms and venture capitalist such as big budgets and stars cause the production capital to excessive level. Nevertheless in 2009, the filmmaking market failed to achieve audiences which lead to a significant loss of revenues and caused a cash flow issue. Despite these events, Perna arts took a decision making to reduce on production and to work on a project base. Khatri believes that production is based on good scripts and performances that will lead to future stars and innovative marketing. Their difficult challenges are to identify new sources of revenue while attaining the protective established sources. However, in India to enforce a contract in business entertainment they should essentially manage relationships with key players in order to assess the power of production house. After all, Perna Arts’ aim is to direct its movies financially by external financiers and sell them before it’s completed; hence, transferring the financial risk to other players. Thus, to control the project costs and to realize revenue potential this remained a competitive advantage and an increasing professional workforce.
One might not have heard the name of Fatma Begum. Indeed, she isn’t quite the household name. But her achievement as the very first Indian woman to ever single-handedly direct a movie is engraved in stone, and will always be. The year was 1926, at a time when world cinema was still experimenting with the science and technology of motion pictures. Indian cinema had already taken long strides by then, but produced only acting roles for women. Yet, breaking the mould, Fatma Begum established her own production company - Fatma Films - and went on to direct Bulbule Paristan! Perhaps without even realising the effect of her achievement, Fatma laid the foundation stone for a generation of women, who sought to be employed by the burgeoning film industry in a role other than that of an actress.
Literature has been flourishing from thousands of years and has always been a huge reason of storing historic moments and acts in written form. However, film had arrived just half a century back but the roars it had created by being a tool of influence, learning and entertainment is still magnificent.
Along with Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak was a very influential film-maker, not only in the Bengal Renaissance era but also in the context of the entire Indian film scenario. Unlike his celebrated contemporary Satyajit Ray, Ghatak had to continue film-making against all odds --- against abject poverty and a hostile section of film society and his once party-comrades turned foes, who unable to tolerate his uncompromisingly independent attitude towards art, tried to pull him down at any cost. However, what eventually stamped Ghatak’s greatness for the future generation was his undying dedication and honesty towards film-making. With the advent of rapid commercialization of cinema, with the fast dissolving boundary between commercial and
One of the outstanding aspects of the Bollywood industry is the style in which the films are portrayed. Unlike Hollywood films, the Bollywood industry takes influence from many cultural and religious backgrounds and infuses them into their productions.
Bollywood is the Hindi language music and film industry based out of Mumbai, India. It began with the first silent film in 1913 and then escalated from there. Throughout the 1900s, Bollywood was significantly changing and growing. During the 1960s, Bollywood portrayed themes of Indian mafia and the gangster scene, and then in the 1980s and 1990s, it started to revert back to romantic themes. Although Bollywood is based in Mumbai, it is a known industry around the world. Most people have at least heard of the term. This is because Bollywood mixes in many Western influences into its films and music. Bollywood is one of the biggest and largest film industry in the world. Its audience extends from about
This worthlessness of individual existence lingers in the whole movie which ultimately transforms Vijay from a person struggling for recognition from the society to a person denying his own identity in front of the society. A series of point of view shots, long and high shots through the streets of Sonagacchi(Kolkata) in the song ‘Jinhe naz hain hind par’ encapsulates the tumultuous perspective and qualms of Vijay about the flawed social system. The dynamic nature of Vijay’s character unfolds when he witnesses betrayal and disappointment from the whole society and love from one