The ‘first’ Indian Movies
Hindi Cinema has come a long way. New technologies are being introduced in bollywood every other day. But this wasn’t the situation Cinema when it was first introduced to India on July 7, 1896.
The first color film in India – Kisan Kanya (1937)
Kisan Kanya was a 1937 Hindi feature film which was directed by Moti B. Gidvani and produced by Ardeshir Irani of Imperial Pictures. It is largely remembered by the Indian public on account of it being India’s first indigenously made colour film…
The first cinemascopic film in India – Kagaz ke Phool(1959)
Produced, directed and acted by Guru Dutt in 1959, the film was a box office disaster of its time but was later resurrected as a world cinema cult classic in the 1980’s. Technically the film is perhaps his best film. The camera work with its use of light and shadows is magical. The frames have been beautifully composed keeping in mind the cinemascope format…
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The first Indian films were inspirational and provided much history to the Indian culture. If only all films could be as educational as the First Indian movies.