How much u know about the initial days of Indian Films or Cinema?

-India is the world's largest producer of films.


- The first cinema hall built in Calcutta in 1907 by J.F. Madan which shows the foreigners films.

- Bombay was the first city wher film production started in 1912 and today’s this is called Bollywood.

-Raja Harishchndra was the first full length movie in India which was released in 1913 which was produced by Dada Saheb Phalke and this was a silent film.

- “ Alam Ara” was the first talkative film in India released by Ardeshir Irani 14th March, 1931.

- First heroine of an Indian file was not a female, but a male- Salunke who played the role of Taramati in the first Indian film “ Raja Harishchandra”

- First female Heroine as Kamala who played a role in “Bhasmasur Mohini” in 1913.

- Dattatraya Damodar Dabke was the first hero in Indian cinema and he acted as Harishchandra in “Raja Harishchandra”.

- First cinema poster was being painted for the file “ Vatsala Haran” by Baburao Painter in 1920.

-“ De de Khuda ke naam par” was the first song of any film in India in “Alam Ara” in 1931 and it was sung by W.M.Khan.

- P.S.Mistry was the first music director for “Alam Ara”

- “Indra Sabha” of 1932 has the highest number of songs ( 71 songs) in a single film.

- First film with A-certificate was “Hanste Aanshu” from Akash Chitra in 1950.

- B.N Sircar lead the Central Board of Film censors in India in 1951.