History of Indian Cinema

History of Indian Cinema

The cinema of India consists of films produced in the nation of India. Cinema is immensely popular in India, Every year more than 2,000 films get produced in various languages in India. Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai, Kochi and Bangalore are the major centres of film production in India. As of 2013, India ranked first in terms of annual film output, followed by Nollywood, Hollywood and China. In 2012, India produced 1,602 feature films. The Indian film industry reached overall revenues of $1.86 billion (93 billion) in 2011. In 2015, India had a total box office gross of US$2.1 billion, the third largest in the world. In 2011, Indian cinema sold over 3.5 billion tickets worldwide, 900,000 more than Hollywood.

One of the most flourishing cinema industries found today is in India. But the pioneers of the industry were actually foreigners. In 1896, the Lumiere brothers demonstrated the art of cinema when they screened Cinematography consisting of six short films to an enthusiastic audience in Bombay. The success of these films led to the screening of films by James B. Stewart and Ted Hughes. In 1897, Save Dada made two short films, but the fathers of Indian cinema were Dada Saheb Phalke who in 1913 made the first feature length silent film and Ardeshir Irani who in 1931 made India's first talking film. With the demise of the silent era and the advent of the talkies, the main source for inspiration for films came from mythological texts. Films were produced in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Bengali. Mythology flourished more in South India where its social conservative morals equated film acting to prostitution. But by the 1930’s, word had spread around the world about the vibrant film industry in India and foreigners with stars in their eyes landed upon Bombay shores. One of these was Mary Evans, a young Australian girl who could do stunts. She could, with no effort, lift a man and throw him across the room. She wore Zorro-like masks and used a whip when necessary.

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Beginning of Bollywood
Beginning of the Talkies
Growth of Regional Films
Birth of a New Era
Bollywood – The Pioneer of Masala Movies

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