Origins• First motion picture was exhibited in

India, in Bombay (Mumbai), in 1896 by Lumiere Brothers (Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory).

• First Indian motion picture was The

Flower of Persia (Dr. Hira Lal) in 1898.

• First full-length feature film Raja Harishchandra (Dr. Dada Saheb Phalke) was made in 1913.

• Recently a film (Hraishchandrachi factory) was made on the making of this film and the life of Dada Saheb Phalke.

Song-dance-drama• First film with sound Alam Ara (Dr. Ardeshir

Irani) was made in 1931.

• It had 7 songs and was movie adaptation of a successful play in Parsi Theatre.

• Classical Theatre tradition (Natyashastra)

• Religious theatre (Ramlila)

• Secular Theatre (Parsi)

• On average about 200 films were being produced in India by 1930s in eight major languages including Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malyalam and Assamese.

• Today on average 1000 films are made every year.

Narrative• Melodrama

• Song and dance (ballad)

• Family

• Love story (Laila-manju troupe)

Early Genres

• Mythological cinema• Social cinema• Historical cinema

New Genres• Gangster movies• Diaspora movies