This document summarizes the history and development of regional cinemas in India, including Hindi, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, and Assamese cinemas. It discusses the first films produced in each regional language and highlights some influential films and filmmakers. It also describes the growth of these regional film industries over time from their origins to modern revivals, with many now competing globally.
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Regional Cinema
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Cinema is a short form for Cinematographer.
It is the technique of projecting photogram in a fast
and successive way to create the sense of movement .
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4. The first full-length motion picture in India was produced
by Dadasaheb Phalke, a scholar on India's languages and
culture, who brought together elements from Sanskrit epics
to produce his Raja Harish Chandra (1913), a silent film
in Marathi. The female roles in the film were played by male
actors.
The Indian Masala film—a slang used for commercial
films with song, dance, romance etc.- came up following the
second world war.
6. Cinema is goes from the both side; particular to
general and general to particular. It is goes
regional to global cinema industry and also
global to particular means regional cinema
industry. Let’s have a look on regional cinema.
8. The Hindi language film industry of Mumbai also
known as Bollywood is the largest and most popular
branch of Indian cinema. Hindi cinema initially
explored issues of caste and culture in films such as
Achhut Kanya (1936) and Sujata (1959).
international visibility came to the industry with Raj
Kapoor’s Awara. Hindi cinema grew during the 1990
with the release of as many as 215 films.
9. With Dilwale Dulhania Le
Jayenge, Hindi cinema
registered its commercial
presence in the Western world. In
1995 the Indian economy began
showing sustainable annual
growth, and Hindi cinema, as a
commercial enterprise. The
salary of lead stars increased
greatly. Many actors signed
contracts for simultaneous work
in 34 films. Institutions such as
the industrial development Bank
of India also came forward to
finance Hindi films. A number of
magazines such as Filmfare,
Stardust, cineblits, etc.became
popular.
10. .
Gujarati Cinema or Gujarati film industry referred as
Dhollywood or Gollywood. It is one of the known regional
and vernacular film industry in Indian cinema.
The first film in Gujarati cinema was Narsinh Mehta,
released on 7 April 1932.
Gujarati cinema is always based on scripts from
mythology to history and social to political. Since its origin
Gujarati cinema has experimented with stories and issues
from the Indian Society
11. The Gujarati
Cinema can
be divided
into five
phase
Silent films
era (1913-
1931)
Early
talkies
(1932-
1947)
Post-
independence
(1946-1970)
Rise and
decline
(1970-
2000)
Revival
(2001-
present)
12. Silent films era (1913-1931)
The silent film
Bilwamangal (Bhakta
Surdas, 1919) was directed
by Parsi Gujarati, Rustomji
Dotiwala. The silent film
Narsinh Mehta (1920)
produced by Oriental
featured Gujarati song,
“Vaishnav Jan To” which
was sung by audience and
musicians in cinema halls
with relevant scenes on
screen.
Early talkies (1932-1947)
The first full length
Gujarati talkie Narsinh
Mehta was released on 9
April 1932 marking the
beginning of Gujarati
Cinema. It was followed by
Sati Savitri (1932) based
on epic story of Savitri and
Satyavan. In 1935, Ghar
Jamai directed by Homi
Master was a comedy film.
13. Post independence (1946-1970)
Vishnukumar M. Vyas directed
Ranakdevi (1946). Meerabai
released in the year 1946. Leeludi
Dharti (1968) directed by
Vallabh Choksi and based on the
novel of same name by Chunilal
Madia. Leeludi Dharti was the
first colour film of Gujarati
cinema. The problems of
modernization are the underlying
concern of several films. The
films like Gada no Bel had a
strong realism and reformism.
Rise and Decline (1970-2000)
This era can be considered as the
era of rise and decline of
Gujarati cinema. Feroze A.
Sarkar directed Janamdeep
(1973) adapted from the novel of
same name by IshwarPetlikar.
Jesal Toral (1971) directed by
Ravindra Dave was one of the
biggest hits of Gujarati cinema.
Sonbai ni Chundadi (1976)
directed by Girish Manukant was
the first Gujarati cinemascope
film.
14. Revival (2001 -present )
It is the rising of Gujarati cinema. The movies are coming through various
innovative and modern ideas. Maiyar Ma Manadu Nathi Lagtu (2001)
directed by Jashwant Gangani, starring Hiten Kumar, was commercially
successful.
Vikram Thakore starred in several films like Ek Var Piyu Ne MalvaAavie
(2006),Premi Zukya Nathi Ne Zukshe Nahi (2011)
Kevi Rite Jaish (2012) and Bey Yaar (2014), both directed by Abhishek
Jain, became commercially and critically successful drawing urban audience..
Other films like Gujjubhai, The Great (2015) and Chhello Divas (2015)
were commercially successful.
15. Bhojpuri Cinema presented the film in the
language of Bhojpuri in the eastern Utter
Pradesh, western Bihar and Madhesh in
Southern Nepal. It is known as Bhollywood.
Bhojpuri language film’s history begins in
1962. Although a smaller industry compared
to other Indian film industries, the extremely
rapid success of their films has led to
dramatic increases in Bhojpuri cinema’s
visibility, and the industry now supports an
awards show and a trade magazine Bhojpuri
City.
16. The first talkie film in Bengali was Dena Paona in
the year 1931. The Bengali language cinematic tradition
referred as Tollygunge. It has highly renowned
filmmakers like Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal
Sen. Recent Bengali films that have capture national
attention include Rituparno Ghosh’s Choker Bali,
starring Aishwarya Rai. The Bengali films capture the
science fiction and also focus on social issues. The first
Bengali Feature film, Billwamangal, was produced in
1919, under the banner of Madan Theatre. Bilat Ferat
was the IBFC’s first production in 1921. The Madan
Theatres production of Jamai shashthi was first Bengali
talkie.
17. Kalidas (1931) is Tamil cinema’s first talkie. Sivaji
Ganesan became India’s first ever actor to receive an
international award when he won the Best Actor award
at the AfroAsian Film festival in 1960 and was awarded
the title of Chevalier in the Legion of Honor by the
French Government in 1995. Tamil cinema influenced
by Dravidian politics which was also reflected in the
films also. Rajnikanth is referred to as Superstar and
Also considered as the divine perspective in the heart of
Tamil people. He earning 26 crore for his role in Sivaji
(2007), he became the highest paid actor in Asia after
Jackie Chan. The music and songs are one of the best
parts of the Tamil film.
18. In a cinema city the contribution of Telugu is a lot. The
highest numbers of theatres are located in the Indian states
of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana which referred films in
the Telugu language. It has the highest theatre across the
India. It is also produced the largest number of films.
Ramoji Film City, which holds the Guinness World Record
for the world’s largest film production facility, is located in
Hyderabad, India. The world’s IMAX 3D screen lies located
there. Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya, was the multilingual actor
in South India to be honored with the Padma Shri.
N.T.Rama Rao was one of the most commercially successful
Telugu actors of his time. Chiranjeevi, was listed among
“The Men who Changed the Face of the Indian Cinema” by
IBNlive India.
19. Assam Cinema referred as the Assamese
language. The Assamese language film Industry
traces its origins works Of Revolutionary
visionary Rupkonwar Jyotiprasad Agarwala.
He was great poet, playwright, composer and also
freedom fighter. The first Assamese film is
Joymati in1935. The second picture Indramalati
was filmed between 1937 and 1938 finally
released in 1939. The beginning of the 21st
century has seen Bollywoodstyle Assamese
movies hitting the screen.
