Indian Cinema is 100 years old. Raja Harischandra (3700 B.C.), the first indian silent feature film made by Dhundiraj Govind Phalke (Dada Sahib Phalke), with titles in hindi and English, was released for public exhibition in 1913 at Bombay, although the first Indian to make a film was Harischandra Sakharam Bhatwadekar (known popularly as Save Dada) who made a number of short films in 1899. Dada Sahib Phalke, is however, acclaimed asthe 'Father of Indian Cinema'.
The First Indian talkie Alam Ara, produced by the Imperial Film Company and directed by Ardeshir Irani was released in 1931 at Bombay. The decade of the thirties is recognised as the period of glory. A number of black and white feature fils based on social drama were made. V. Shataram's Duniya Na Mera, P.C. Barua's Devdas, and Mukti, Devaki Basu's Vidyapathi and Seeta, Nitin Bose's Bade Bahen etc., were made and released with great success. in 1937, Ardeshir Irani made for the first time a colour film named Kisan Kanya and a year later, another film named Mother India.
The Forties witnessed the production of a few remarkable films such as V. Shantaram's Dr. Kotnis ki Amar Kahani, Uday Shankaar's Kalpana, S.S. Vasan's Chandalekha, K.A. Abbas's, Dharti ke Lal. In 1949, Sohrab Modi, set a ne trend in historical films with Pukar, Sikander etc.
The first International Film Festival of India held in early 1952 at Bombay had a great impact on Indian Cinema. the Big turning point in Indian Cinema came in1953, with the arrival of Satyajit Ray and his social Bengali film, Pather Panchali. International recognition came to it with Cannes award. In Hindi film also, the impact of neorealism was noticed in Bimal Roy's Do Bigha Zamin, Mehmoob's Aan and Mother India, K.A. Abbas's Munna and Rahi, Raj Kapoor's Awara and Jagte Raho, V. Shantaram's Do Ankhen Barah Haath and Guru Dutt's Piyasa.
The fifties gave us some wonderful Hindi films like Baiju Bawra, Naya Daur, Devdas, Shri 420, Jhanak Jhanak Payel Najey, Sujata, Madhumati etc. The Sixties gave us K. Asif's Mughal-E-Azam, Raj Kapoor's Jis Desh Mein Ganga behti Hain and Sangam, Dev Anand's Guide, Promode Chakraborty's Love in Tokyo, Shakti Samanta's Aradhana, Guru Dutt's Saheb Biwi aur Ghulam, Manoj Kumar's Upkar and O.P. Rahman's Phool aur Pathar.
The seventies further added some popular Hindi films to the list such as Johny Mera Naam, Hathi Mere Saathi, Abhiman, Mera Gaon Mera Desh, Pakeeza, Sholey, Kabhie Kabhie, Roti Kapda Makan and Amar Akbar Anthony. A new trend of action-oriented themes with seeds of revenge and the image of the hero as an 'ANGRY YOUNG MAN', dominated the Indian Cinema.
The emergence of new Indian cinema came from the films made by Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Ritwik Ghatak, Tapan sinha, Basu Chatterjee, Basu Bhattacharjee, Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Gautam Ghoshe, M. Balachndar and others. In 1990, Adoor Gopalakrishnan's Mathilukal won the FIPRESCI and UNICEF AWARDS.
Meera Nair, the young Indian director, won the Golden Camera Prize, at Cannes for her maiden film Salaam Bombay, in 1989. In nineties, Mani Ratnam's Roza and Bombay, became famous for their outstanding presentation; and Satyajit Ray was awarded "Oscar", for his life-time contributions to the world cinema.
In India, hundreds of feature films, short films and documentaries are made every year in different Indian Languages. New studious, colour laboratories and show houses are being installed from time to time. And the latest craze is the making TV films and serials that are made and telecast through the medium of satellites to all over the country.
My view point of Indian Cinema from its start to its completion od 80 years of journey..
I will surely post my views of next twenty years soon.
Love.
Ranabir..
The First Indian talkie Alam Ara, produced by the Imperial Film Company and directed by Ardeshir Irani was released in 1931 at Bombay. The decade of the thirties is recognised as the period of glory. A number of black and white feature fils based on social drama were made. V. Shataram's Duniya Na Mera, P.C. Barua's Devdas, and Mukti, Devaki Basu's Vidyapathi and Seeta, Nitin Bose's Bade Bahen etc., were made and released with great success. in 1937, Ardeshir Irani made for the first time a colour film named Kisan Kanya and a year later, another film named Mother India.
The Forties witnessed the production of a few remarkable films such as V. Shantaram's Dr. Kotnis ki Amar Kahani, Uday Shankaar's Kalpana, S.S. Vasan's Chandalekha, K.A. Abbas's, Dharti ke Lal. In 1949, Sohrab Modi, set a ne trend in historical films with Pukar, Sikander etc.
The first International Film Festival of India held in early 1952 at Bombay had a great impact on Indian Cinema. the Big turning point in Indian Cinema came in1953, with the arrival of Satyajit Ray and his social Bengali film, Pather Panchali. International recognition came to it with Cannes award. In Hindi film also, the impact of neorealism was noticed in Bimal Roy's Do Bigha Zamin, Mehmoob's Aan and Mother India, K.A. Abbas's Munna and Rahi, Raj Kapoor's Awara and Jagte Raho, V. Shantaram's Do Ankhen Barah Haath and Guru Dutt's Piyasa.
The fifties gave us some wonderful Hindi films like Baiju Bawra, Naya Daur, Devdas, Shri 420, Jhanak Jhanak Payel Najey, Sujata, Madhumati etc. The Sixties gave us K. Asif's Mughal-E-Azam, Raj Kapoor's Jis Desh Mein Ganga behti Hain and Sangam, Dev Anand's Guide, Promode Chakraborty's Love in Tokyo, Shakti Samanta's Aradhana, Guru Dutt's Saheb Biwi aur Ghulam, Manoj Kumar's Upkar and O.P. Rahman's Phool aur Pathar.
The seventies further added some popular Hindi films to the list such as Johny Mera Naam, Hathi Mere Saathi, Abhiman, Mera Gaon Mera Desh, Pakeeza, Sholey, Kabhie Kabhie, Roti Kapda Makan and Amar Akbar Anthony. A new trend of action-oriented themes with seeds of revenge and the image of the hero as an 'ANGRY YOUNG MAN', dominated the Indian Cinema.
The emergence of new Indian cinema came from the films made by Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Ritwik Ghatak, Tapan sinha, Basu Chatterjee, Basu Bhattacharjee, Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Gautam Ghoshe, M. Balachndar and others. In 1990, Adoor Gopalakrishnan's Mathilukal won the FIPRESCI and UNICEF AWARDS.
Meera Nair, the young Indian director, won the Golden Camera Prize, at Cannes for her maiden film Salaam Bombay, in 1989. In nineties, Mani Ratnam's Roza and Bombay, became famous for their outstanding presentation; and Satyajit Ray was awarded "Oscar", for his life-time contributions to the world cinema.
In India, hundreds of feature films, short films and documentaries are made every year in different Indian Languages. New studious, colour laboratories and show houses are being installed from time to time. And the latest craze is the making TV films and serials that are made and telecast through the medium of satellites to all over the country.
My view point of Indian Cinema from its start to its completion od 80 years of journey..
I will surely post my views of next twenty years soon.
Love.
Ranabir..
