CINEMA AS A MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATION

• Raja Harishchandra is a 1913 Indian silent film directed and

produced by Dadasaheb Phalke. It is often considered the first
full-length Indian feature film.

• Alam Ara 1931—First Talkki

• Mythological Films
The hindi new wave reached its bloom period towards
the end of the seventies with the coming of film
makers like :

1. Saeed Mirza (albert pinto ko ghussa kyon ata hai )

2. Rabindra Dharmaraj’s – Chakra

3. Sai paranjpe – Sparsh
4 Biplab Roy Chowdhari - Shodh
 1980S AND 90S

The new cinema movement continued with full spirit in the next decade
(eighties) also. Shyam Benegal presented some good movies like Manthan,
Bhumika, Nishant, Junoon, and Trikal. Nihlani's Aaghat and Tamas were
remarkable works.

Other important films with new style of treatment include Damul(Prakash

Jha), 36 Chowringhee Lane(Apama Sen), Umrao Jaan (Musafir Ali), Andhi
Gali (Buddhadeb Dasgupta), Aajka Robin Hood (Tapan Sinha), etc.
• The late eighties and early nineties saw the revival of the musical

love stories in Hindi cinema..

• Mr. India, Tezaab, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, Maine Pyar Kiya,

Chandni, Tridev, Hum, Ghayal, Saudagar, Rakhwala, Jo Jeeta Wohi
Sikander, Heena, Hum Hain Rahi Pyarke, Baazigar, Aaina, Yeh Dillagi,
Hum Aapke Hai Kaun, Krantiveer, Raja, Rangeela, DDLJ were some
of the popular Hindi films of the last decade.
90s was a mixed genre of romantic, thrillers, action and comedy films.

• An upgrade was seen on the canvas as technology gifted the industry dolby
digital sound effects, advanced special effects, choreography.

• The development brought about investments from the corporate

sector along with finer scripts and performances.

stars like Shah Rukh khan, Rajnikanth, Madhuri Dixit, Salman

Khan, Aamir khan, Chiranjeevi, Juhi Chawla, etc., enriched Indian Cinema
 (Additional Information)
• From Bengal, Orissa, Assam and Manipur came films like Tahader Katha, Bagh
Bahadur, Charachar (Buddhadeb Dasgupta), Uttoran (Sandip Ray), Wheel
Chair(Tapan Sinha), Unishe April (Ritupamo Ghosh), Adimimansa, Lalvanya Preethi
(A.K.Bir), etc.

• In the South Malayalam Cinema presented some notable films. They include
Vasthuhara (Aravindan), Vidheyan (Adoor),etc.

• From Tamil and. Telugu cinema, there came few films like Anjali, Roja and Bombay
(Mani Ratnam),etc.

• English films like Miss. Beatty's Children (Pamela Rooks), and English August (Dev
Benegal) were also produced during this period
 THE NEW MILLENNIUM

Now, the Indian cinema has reached the new millennium and a revolution of sorts
has happened in terms of defining glamour, entertainment, commercial values,
budgeting, marketing and box office reports.

Today Indian Cinema ,especially, Hindi cinema is not only popular in India but in
parts of the Middle East, Pakistan, UK and virtually every other place where Indians
live.

Films like Lagaan, Salaam Bombay and Monsoon Wedding making the international
market sit up and take notice definitely indicate that India is poised for bigger things
as far as Cinema goes. Monsoon Wedding was the all-time top 10 foreign box-office
hits
.
• Apart from regular screenings at major international film festivals, the overseas
market contributed a sizeable chunk to Bollywood's box office collections.

• Regular foreign Investments made by major global studios such as 20th Century Fox,
Sony Pictures, and Warner Bros put a stamp of confirmation that Bollywood had
etched itself on the global podium

• Emergence of new age filmmakers like Anurag Kashyap, Rajkumar Hirani, Dibakar
Banerjee ,Vishal Bhardwaj,etc., has changed the scene. There are movies on a number
of themes. There are horror, fiction, movie
 SOME WORLD FAMOUS INDIAN
MOVIES
• Mother India - an oscar nominee, portrayed the picture of an Indian mother which was
different from mindset of people of that period.

• Aamir khan starer 3-idiots got a overwhelming response in china where it was released a
couple of weeks ago.
MOVIES WITH NEGATIVE IMPACT
INDIAN FILM INSTITUTES (ADDITIONAL INFORMATION)
• Regional government film and television institute (rgfti), Guwahati.

• City pulse institute of film & television, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

• Film and television institute of India, Pune Indian film and television institute (ifti),
Meerut

• Govt. film and television institute, Bangalore film and television academy, Jaipur

• All India mass communication research centre, jamia millia islamia, new Delhi film
and television institute, Cuttack

• centre for advanced media studies, Patiala

• department of culture & media studies, central university of Rajasthan

• Srishti school of art, design and technology, Bengaluru, karnataka

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