BRIDE AND PREJUDICE FULL MOVIE. Bollywood cinema: 10 lesser-known facts. 2 May 2013Last updated at 23:57 GMT Indian cinema began 100 years ago with the first "Bollywood" film, although the term was only coined many years later.
The vibrant song-and-dance routines have millions of fans but here are some lesser-known facts that may have escaped their knowledge. Dhundiraj Govind Phalke's black-and-white silent film Raja Harischandra was screened in Mumbai on 3 May, 1913. It is a tale of a righteous Indian king who never told a lie. Many say this was the filmic seed that spawned a billion-dollar industry. One of the most famous scenes is the bathtub sequence where the king comes to call on his wife Taramati. She is in the tub with attendants and they are all drenched, their saris and blouses clinging to their bodies - but they are all in fact male actors dressed as women. Phalke went on to make 95 full-length films, but he died in penury. Kollywood, l'autre cinéma indien. Connaissez-vous Bollywood ? Bollywood. Bollywood. A Brief History of Bollywood - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com. Bollywood: what images does that word conjure for you?
Those who are somewhat familiar with it may think of colorful sets and dancing numbers. Others might say: don't you mean Hollywood? Bollywood is India's answer to Hollywood, at least as some people believe. But did you know that Bollywood's history is as long and rich as that of Hollywood? The first films screened in India were six short soundless films by the Lumiere Brothers at the Watson Hotel in Bombay on July 7, 1896.
Sound pictures began to be produced in India in the 1930s. The turbulent 1940's, with World War II and Indian Independence, did not seem to slow the industry's growth at all. The 1950s were the decade of "neorealism" in Bollywood, and the time when Indian film making was first brought to the attention of the world.In 1952 the first International Film Festival of India was held. ! It was also during the 1950s and on into the 1960s that there developed a preference for escapist entertainment and a reliance on stars. Bollywood. Top Five Indian Writers in English To Look Out For. Indian writing has traversed a long drawn path of restorative progress and has today come of age.
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