• Annual film output for 2010 in India: 1248

Reasons why Indian cinema is not where it should be

• Illiterate, poor masses• Multiplicity of languages• Censorship• Independent producers rather than studios• Over hyped Star system

Hindi Bhojpuri

Marathi Malayalam

Bengali Tamil

Punjabi Kannada

Assaamese Tulu

Gujrati Telegu

Oriya Konkani

• Elphinstone Bioscope Company (1906)• Maharashtra Film Company• New Theatres• Prabhat• Kohinoor Film Company,• Imperial Film Company, • Wadia Movietone,• Ranjit Movietone, and • Bombay Talkies

• July 1896: A film exhibition was organised by the Lumiere co. at Watson Hotel in Bobmay

• 1898: Hiralal Sen made the first Indian short Flower of Persia

• 1902: Started his cinema chain in a tent. In ten years time he had a chain of cinemas throughout the subcontinent

• 1913: Dadasahib Phalke directed the first feature Raja Harishchandra

Ardesher Irani

• Writer• Director• Producer• Distributor • Cameraman• Cinema owner• Gramophone agency• Car dealership

• Hindi (Alam Ara 1931)• English• German• Indonesian• Persian• Urdu• Tamil• Gujrati• Kisan Kanya (1937) first color film

Bombay Talkies

• Himansu Rai makes Light of Asia (1925)• Moves to Bombay and founds Bombay Talkies

(1934)

50s era Indian Cinema (Golden Age)

• Awara• Jaal• Andaz• Shikast• Mother India• Aan• Mughal-e-Azam

• Dilip Kumar• Raj Kapoor• Dev Anand• Nargis• Meena Kumari• Madhu Bala• Viginti Mala

Indian cinema of the 60s

• Love in Simla• Evening in Paris• Sangam• Guide• Junglee• Yadain

• Shammi Kapoor• Sunil Dutt• Rajinder Kapoor• Sharmila Tagore• Asha Parekh• Mumtaz• Manoj Kumar

Indian cinema of the 70

• Sholay• Amar Prem• Kora Kaghaz• Zanjeer• Anand• Pakeeza• Deewar• Muqaddar ka Sikander

• Amitabh Bachchan• Rajesh Khanna• Dharminder• Shashi Kapoor• Rekha• Heema Malini• Zeenat Aman• Om Puri• Naseer-ud-Din Shah• Sameeta Patel• Shabana Azmi

Harishkesh Mukerjee

• Anand (1970)• Guddi (1971)• Bawarchi (1972)• Abhiman (1973)• Namak Haram (1973)• Gol Mal (1980)

Yash Chopra

• Deewaar (1975)• Kabhee Kabhee (1976)• Trishol (1978)• Kala Pathar (1979)• Silsila (1981)• Chandni (1989)• Lamhey (1991)• Durr (1995)• Veer Zara (2004)

Ramesh Sippy

• Seeta aur Geeta (1972)• Sholay (1975)• Shaan (1980)• Shakti (1982)• Saager (1985)

Prakash Mehra

• Zanjeer (1973)• Khoon Paseena (1977)• Muqaddar Ka Sikander (1978)• Lawaris (1981)• Namak Halal (1982)• Sharabi (1994)

Manmohan Desai

• Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)• Naseeb (1981)• Desh Premee (1982)• Coolie (1983)• Mard (1985)

Indian Cinema in the 80s• Mithan Chakarborty• Sunny Deol• Rishi Kapoor• Anil Kapoor• Sanjay Dutt• Parveen Babbi• Amresh Puri• Sri Devi• Ragni Kanth• Kamal Hassan

Challenges to Indian Cinema in the 80s

• Color TV• VCR/Piracy• Non Filmi music (ghazal)

Indian Parallel Cinema

• Indian New Cinema• Indian New Wave• Art Films

• Serious Content• Realism• Naturalism• Eye on sociopolitical climate

• 30s – V Shantaram• 40s – Chetan Anand• 50s – Satyajit Ray• 60s – Rithik Gathak/Mrinal Sen/Pune Film

Institue/ Govt funds• 70s – Shayam Benegal/Saeed Mirza/Govind

Nihlani

Reasons for Decline

• Commercialization• Private TV sector• Oiracy• Underworld financing

Satyajit Ray• Director• Writer• Publisher• Illustrator• Graphic Designer• Critic• Music• Art Direction• Cinematopgraphy• Editing• Credit Designer

• Pathar Panchali (Apu trilogy)• Mahanagar• Teen Kanya• Jalsaghar• The Adversary• Nayak• Shatranj kay Khialdi

Mrinal Sen

• Bhuvan Shaum• Interview• Calcutta ‘71• Kharij

Ritwik Ghatak

• Ajantrik (The Unmechanical)• Meghe Dhaka Tara (The Cloud-Capped Star)• Titash Ekti Nadir Naam (A River Called Titash)• Jukti Takko Aar Gappo (Reason, Debate and a

Story)

Saeed Mirza

• Arvind Desai ki Ajeeb Dastan• Albert Pintu ko Ghussa kyoon Ata Hay• Murlee Johar hazir Ho• Saleem Langray per mut Rau• Naseem

90s

• Madhuri• Amir Khan• Salman Khan• Shahrukh Khan• Ajay Devgun• Akshay Kumar• Saif Ali Khan• Govinda

00s and beyond

• Abhishek Bachchan• Hrithik Roshan• Kareena Kapoor