history of indian cinema

History of Indian Cinema

Name: Pooja k JumaniName: Pooja k Jumani Paper no: 3 Mass mediaPaper no: 3 Mass media Topic: History of Indian cinemaTopic: History of Indian cinema M.A. Part 2 Sem 4M.A. Part 2 Sem 4 Year 2012-13Year 2012-13

History of Indian

•Raja Harishchandra (1913), by Dadasaheb Phalke, was the first silent feature film made in India.

•The first Indian sound film Ardeshir Irani’s Alam Ara(1931) was a major commercial success

•Both the movie and its music were widely successful Including the hit song "De de khuda ke naam per", which was also the first song of the Indian cinema.

Kisan Kanya (1937) which was directed by Moti B. Gidvani and produced by Ardeshir Irani of Imperial Pictures.

It is largely remembered by the Indian public on account of it being India's first indigenously made coloure film.

Mother India is a 1957 Hindi epic  melodrama film, directed by Mehboob Khan and starring Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendre Kumar, and Raaj Kumar

The title of the film was chosen to counter American author Katherine Mayo's 1927 polemical book Mother India, which vilified Indian culture.

Indian super Hit movies

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