First film made in india

On July 7, 1896, the Lumiere Brothers (the famous French pioneers of motion pictures) showcased six films at Bombay’s Watson Hotel andIndia witnessed the birth of cinema. Seventeen years later, Dadasaheb Phalke’s Raja Harishchandraopened in Bombay and created history as the country’s first feature film. However, few know that the first Indian to make movies was not Phalke but a forgotten filmmaker from Bengal. Son of a lawyer, Hiralal Sendid not just experiment with the new medium, he also made pioneering contributions to it — other than India’s first short film, he also made the nation’sfirst-ever advertisements. Hiralal Sen Hiralal Sen was born in 1866 in Bagajuri village of Manikganj (now in Bangladesh). His family belonged to the landed aristocracy of Bengal and his father, Chandramohan Sen, was a successful lawyer. Soon after he finished his schooling, Sen moved to the then-named Calcutta and gained admission in a college there. It was during his college days that the young student fell deeply in love with the art of photography. By 1890, he had won several gold medals for excellence in photography and had evenstarted his photographic studios in Manikganj and Calcutta. While Sen was busy honing his skills in photography, the Lumiere brothers had figured out how to combine film recording and projection into a single device, creating the world’s first motion pictures. Left: Lumiere Brothers; Right: Watson Hotel, Mumbai A year afterthe Lumieres’ 50-second film ‘ The Arri...

It is generally believed that Indian film production began in 1913, with the release of Raja Harishchandra, made by Dadasaheb Phalke. However, it might surprise you to know that it is not exactly true. Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatavdekar was the first Indian to make a film, or a motion picture, in India, way back in 1899. Read on to know the real story. The first cinema was shown in India on 7 July 1896. The credit for this goes to Lumiere Brothers. It was shown in Mumbai at Watson Hotel, to British audience. Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatavdekar was one of the viewers. He was a local photographer and popularly known a Save Dada. He was very much impressed with cinema and resolved to make films in India. The rest, as they say, is history. Brief Bio H.S. Bhatavdekar was born in Bombay, now called Mumbai, on March 15, 1868. His family were Maharashtrin Karhade Brahmins and lived in Mumbai. He started his professional career as a portrait photographer. He also had a business dealing with cameras and film equipments. He was very popular, and affectionately called Save Dada. Career in Film Making On 7 July 1896 when Bhatavdekar saw the first film made by Lumiere Brothers, he was wonder-struck. He decided to make such films in India, and immediately ordered a cine camera from UK. In 1899, Bhatavdekar made his first movie, titled ‘The Wrestlers’, which was the first film by an Indian film-maker. He filmed a wrestling match in Hanging Gardens at Mumbai. The film was sent to UK for pro...

On the historic midnight of August 14 and 15, 1947, India became independent from British rule. First Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's speech, "A Tryst with Destiny," was recorded by independent filmmaker Ambles J. Patel with two cameras and sound equipment. There were no official film units of the Government of India or other Indian filmmakers to film this historic moment and the subsequent nationwide celebrations. That was 57 years ago, but today India boasts a vibrant independent documentary filmmaking community. Indian documentary filmmakers have today carved a niche for themselves in the nonfiction genre world with their creativity and hard-hitting works on subjects ranging from Indian arts and social concerns to natural history. Traditional Indian images of the Taj Mahal, droughts and poverty-stricken villagers have given way to films covering a spectrum of social, societal, environmental and human issues facing India. Films on issues such as human rights, censorship, gender roles, communal politics, individual liberty and sexual identity form the new Indian documentary filmmaking community. But the Indian documentary filmmaking tradition dates back well before independence. In 1888 a short film of wrestlers Pundalik Dada and Krishna Navi at Bombay's Hanging Gardens was filmed by Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatwadekar. This was the first recorded documentary film in India. In the 1930s, filmmakers D.G. Tendulkar, who had studied motion pictures in Moscow and Germ...

The history of Indian Cinema goes back to the nineteenth century. In 1896, the very first films shot by the Lumiere Brothers were shown in But history was actually created when Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatavdekar popularly known as Save Dada, the still photographer, was so much influenced by the Lumiere Brothers’ production that he ordered a camera from England. His first film was shot at the Hanging Gardens in Mumbai, known as ‘The Wrestlers’. It was a simple recording of a wrestling match which was screened in 1899 and is considered as the first motion picture in the Indian Film Industry. Beginning of Bollywood Father of Indian Cinema, Dadasaheb Phalke released the first ever full-length feature film ‘Raja Harishchandra’ in 1913. The silent film was a commercial success. Dadasaheb was not only the producer but was also the director, writer, cameraman, editor, make-up artist and art director. Raja Harischandra was the first-ever Indian film which was screened in London in 1914. Though Indian Cinema’s first mogul, Dadasaheb Phalke supervised and managed the production of twenty three films from 1913 to 1918, the initial growth of the Indian Film Industry was not as fast as that of Hollywood. Numerous new production companies emerged in the early 1920s. Films based on mythological and historical facts and episodes from Mahabharata and Ramayana dominated the 20s but Indian audiences also welcomed Hollywood movies, especially the action films. Beginning of the Talkies The firs...

There would be no true motion pictures, however, until live action could be photographed spontaneously and simultaneously. This required a reduction in exposure time from the hour or so necessary for the pioneer photographic processes to the one-hundredth (and, ultimately, one-thousandth) of a second achieved in 1870. It also required the development of the technology of series photography by the British

Almost every one is watching cinemas. But do you know from when there is a new gen trend started? At least we can start with our own movie industry… The one and only Mollywood…. Lets find out where we are…. who we are…. who we were… Where we started… and everything…. keep supporting… At first (beginning in the 1920s), the Malayalam film industry was based in Trivandrum. Although the film industry started to develop and flourish only by the late-1940s. Later, the industry shifted to Chennai (formerly Madras), which then was the capital of the South Indian film industry. In the 2000s, the Malayalam film industry returned and established itself both in Kochi and Trivandrum with a major chunk of locations, studios and production facilities. The first 3-D film produced in India, My Dear Kuttichathan (1984), was made in Malayalam.[1] The first CinemaScope film produced in South India was the Malayalam film Thacholi Ambu (1978).[2] The world’s first film with just one actor in the star cast was the Malayalam film The Guard (2001). Rajiv Anchal’s Guru (1997) and Salim Ahamed’s Adaminte Makan Abu (2011) are the only Malayalam films to be sent by India as its official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Academy Awards. Films such as Piravi, Swaham, Marana Simhasanam, Chemmeen, Mathilukal and Vanaprastham were also screened and won awards at several international film festivals. Cinemas before the first film The first cinema hall in Kerala, with a manually operat...

At 85, Virchand Dharamsey should be leading the retired life, but he is hard at work, digging deep for the hidden and unknown. For the past few years, the Mumbai-based researcher has been writing a book tentatively titled Archaeology of Early Indian Cinema with Iyesha Geeth Abbas, a colleague from Kerala. Covering the period between 1895 and 1945, the project is as noble as it is challenging, given the shortage of reliable information on the earliest years of Indian cinema. Just over 1,300 silent movies were made in India in the first three decades of the last century. By 1931, India had produced its first sound film, Alam Ara, and by 1934, the “talkies” had taken over the screens. But only 29 of the silent films made in India survive. “There is a lack of history, and this creates a lot of problems, especially with regards to theory,” Dharamsey told Scroll.in. And yet, if there’s anyone who is equipped for the job of telling the story of that period, it’s Dharamsey – the author of the definitive filmography of the silent film period between the early 1900s and the early 1930s. Among the many chroniclers of Indian cinema’s pioneering years are DV Dharap, Firoze Rangoonwalla, Erik Barnouw, S Krishnaswamy and Bagishwar Jha. Dharamsey’s filmography expanded on the existing scholarship and gave it new fuel. “Not only does it present an exhaustive list of film titles, it is also the first to list cast and production details – invaluable tools for the film historian,” says Jawaha...

• Kisan Kanya was the first indigenously made color film of India in 1937. • Elphinstone palace in Calcutta Theatre was the first cinema theater in India, in the year of 1907. • Pandit Ravi Sankar was the Music Director of the Indian Film, Gandhi. • Nargis Dutt was the Very First actress who was nominated as a member of Rajya Sabha. • Bhanu Athaiya was the first Indian to receive Oscar award for the costume Design of the Gandhi Film. • Every Cinema in India should have CBFC, approval.Central Board of Film Certificate is Abbreviated as CBFC, which was established in 1951. • Ramoji Film Studio is the biggest film studio in India, which is located on the outskirts of the Hyderabad City. • Alam Ara, was the first talkie film made in India, before the Alam Ara cinema, all movies were without dialogues. • In 1954, The National Film Awards constituted in India. • 1942- A love Story, it was the only first film Indian were used Dolly sound for it. • Rajinikanth the south superstar in India, he has another name, that is Sivaji Rao Gaikwad. • In India, Only Andhra Pradesh State has maximum cinema halls,In Cinemas also sometimes, This state can do more movies, when we compare with other cinema Industries. • The Times of India was the first newspaper of India, it carried a film advertisement in the year of 1896. • Raja Harishchandra was the first silent film in India,it made in 1913. • Dada Saheb Phalke was the director , producer, and writer we also call him as the father of the India...

The first film made by an Indian was Raja Harishchandra, which was shown to the public on May 3, 1913. As we enter the 100th year of India cinema, we take a look at the silent era (from 1913 to 1930) of the movies and present to you our top 10 films from this period Raja Harishchandra, 1913: Even though the first film that went into making was Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, in 1912, it was considered a British production. The first full length feature film made by an Indian that was shown to the public was Raja Harishchandra, produced and directed by Also Read - Lanka Dahan, 1917: Dadasaheb Phalke went on to make several films after Raja Harishchandra including Mohini Bhasmasur (1913), Satyavan Savitri (1914) and Lanka Dahan (1917). But Lanka Dahan was the one that went on to become India’s first big box office hit! Based on the narrative of Sita’s abduction by Ravan, it was screened from 7am to midnight at the West End Cinema in Girgaum, Mumbai. Interestingly, the roles of Ram and Sita were played by the same actor, A Salunke! Also Read - Shankuntala, 1920: The film, directed by Suchet Singh is based on Kalidas’ famous novel. It didn’t completely stick to the original work. Singh chose to go with a more liberal mind set owing to his foreign education. Patankar Friends and Company, a rival production house, came out with a more desi version, which had more mass appeal than Singh’s film. It got a big release but a cold response. But with time it became the most memorabl...

On July 7th 1896, the Lumiere Brothers showcased six films at the Watson Hotel in Mumbai (then Bombay) and this marked the birth of Indian cinema as we know it today. The Lumiere brothers were French Cinematographers who arrived in India after having proved their cinematic excellence in Paris. The screening of the films took place on July 7th 1896 at the Watson Hotel in Mumbai and the ticket was priced at Re.1. The Times of India referred to this event as the “miracle of the century”. The show received an overwhelming response and motion pictures were soon introduced to India, in Kolkata (Calcutta) and Chennai (Madras). The six films screened that day were Entry of Cinematographe, The Sea Bath, Arrival of a Train, A Demolition, Ladies and Soldiers on Wheels and Leaving the Factory. The second film screening by the Lumiere Brothers took place on July 14th at a new venue, the Novelty Theatre, Bombay and twenty four films were screened that day, including A Stormy Sea and The Thames at Waterloo Bridge. Alternating between these two venues, the shows culminated on August 15th 1896. Much before the introduction of film (silent or talkies) three elements were vital in Indian culture natya (drama) nritya (pantomime) and nrrita (pure dance). These three aspects were eventually passed on to Indian cinema. Bollywood films today epitomize Indian culture by their extravagant song and dance sequences and flamboyant costumes and Bollywood has contributed immensely to Indian music by com...