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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

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