by CulturoAdmin | Apr 7, 2020 | Cinema in India
Silent feature films are being made in India since the early 20th century. The first silent feature film ‘Pundalik’ was made in 1912 by N.G. Chitre and R.G. Torney, but it was half British in its make. The credit for producing India’s first fully indigenous... by CulturoAdmin | Apr 7, 2020 | Cinema in India
The first Indian talkie ‘Alam Ara’ was directed by Ardershir Irani and produced by the Imperial film company. It was released on March 14, 1931 at the Majestic Cinema in Bombay. W.M. Khan, who sang ‘De de Khuda kai naam pe’ in ‘Alam Ara’, was Indian cinema’s first... by CulturoAdmin | Apr 7, 2020 | Cinema in India
Three big banners emerged on the scene of the Indian cinema in the thirties, which became pioneers in producing serious films on gripping social themes aimed at all classes of the cinema audience. These were ‘Prabhat’, ‘Bombay Talkies’ and ‘New Theatres’. The studio... by CulturoAdmin | Apr 7, 2020 | Cinema in India
The parallel or new cinema movement began in the regional cinema first, towards the end of the sixties, with the production of Mrinal Sen’s ‘Bhuvan Shome’ (1969) and Mani Kaul’s ‘Uski Roti’. The New Indian Cinema was the cinema of social significance and... by CulturoAdmin | Apr 7, 2020 | Cinema in India
The first feature film to be released in Bengal was J.F.Madan’s ‘Satyabadi Raja Harishchandra’ (1917), produced by the Elphinstone Bioscope Company. In Madras, Nataraja Mudaliar made ‘Keechaka Vadham’ (1919), which was the first silent feature film of South... by CulturoAdmin | Apr 7, 2020 | Cinema in India
Bengal’s first feature film was Satyavadi Raja Harishchandra, which was made by J.F.Madan in March 1917. Soon many good films were produced, which include Madan Theatre’s Nala Damayanti (1921), Dhruva Charitra, Shivratri and a comedy called Tehmuras and...