Cinema in India

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India has the unique distinction of producing the largest number of films anywhere in the world and in many languages. India produces more than 1000 feature films and 900 short films every year. At a rough estimate, a total of about 15 million people see films in India everyday, either in its over 13,000 cinema houses, or on Video and Cable. It is estimated that an audience as large as India's entire population flocks to its cinema houses every two months. Films have played a major role in developing a post-Independence Indian identity.

They have served as a very useful and emphatic medium to portray social, economic and political realities of the Indian society at different times. Films had a pervasive influence on the psyche of a common Indian, who often identified himself with the central character of the film, be it a hero or the heroine. For most Indians, cinema is integral to their lives; it is not a distant, 2-3 hour distraction, but a vicarious lifestyle for them. The large screen provides an alternative, an escape from the realities of day-to-day life.  The cinema has largely been an urban phenomenon in India, except in some states like Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, where they are equally popular in rural areas right from the beginning.

• 70s-80s
• Bengali Cinema
• International Cinema
• Film Censorship
• History of Indian Cinema
• Cinema gist
• Introduction
• The Early Era
• English Films
• Famous personalities of Indian Cinema
• Famous Cine-personalities of Indian
• Film Journalism
• Kannada Cinema
• Malayalam Cinema
• Melody And Music
• Parallel Cinema
• Recent Hindi Films
• The Regional Cinema
• Silent Movies of India
• Star Kids In Indian Cinema
• Era of Indian Talkies
• Tamil Cinema
• Telugu Cinema
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