Indian Film Industry(Cinema)

Cinema is a medium that brings together art and technology. With the technology of motion pictures the film industry came into being. It gave rise to the era of silent movies. Later, the technology of sound recording was introduced and the age of sound movies began.

The honour of making and releasing the first full-length movie goes to Maharashtra. Maharashtra is known as the land that nurtured the Indian film industry. The contribution of Madanrao Madhavrao Pitale, the Patwardhan family of Kalyan, Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatvadekar, also known as Savedada is very important in the development of Indian movies.

Pundalik,a movie directed by Dadasaheb Phalke was the first to be processed completely in India.It was released in Mumbai, in 1913.Anandrao Painter, the first one to make a cine-camera if Indian make, also got interested in the making of movies.Kamalabai Mangarulkar was the first woman producer.

Production studios such as 'Bombay Talkies', 'Rajkamal Productions', 'R.K. Studios', 'Navketan',etc. played a significant role in the development of Indian Film Industry.