Soubin Nath
India has the history of 101 years in Cinema. We entered in to the world of visual magic since from the Lumieres' age. This list is about the major break-through in the history of Indian cinema.
Raja Harishchandra (1913) was the first full made film of India.
It was directed by Dada Saheb Phalke. He is considered as the father of Indian Cinema.
The first sound film of India was Alam Ara (1931) which was produced by Imperial Film Company owned by A. Irani. It was also directed by A. Irani.
Sairandhri (1931) was the first colour film of India.
It was written and directed by Baburao Painter.
The Tamil Actor Sivaji Ganeshan was honored with Best Actor award from Afro-Asian Film Festival held in Egypt.
Sholay was the first 70 mm film shot completely in India.
It was directed by Ramesh Sippy and starred by the famous actor Amitabh Bachhan. It had changed the grammar of Indian commercial movies.
On 1977, the Tamil Nadu Actor M.G. Ramachandran had become the Chief Minister of that state.
Later N.T.Ramaroa had become the Chief Minister of Andra Pradesh.
Bhanu Athaiya was first Academy Award Winner from India.
She was awarded for Best Costume Design in 1983 for the Movie Gandhi.
The first 3D shot in India was My Dear Kuttichathan .
The movie was shot in Malayalam language and directed by Jijo.
The Indian filmmaker Satyajith Ray was honored with Academy Award in the year 1992.
He was also awarded with Bharath Ratna (The highest civilian honor of India).
Lagaan was the first movie which selected for the final round of Oscar Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
It was directed by Ashutgosh Gowrikar.
Born and brought up in Kerala, India. Now in Mumbai, India doing first year of my Masters in Film Studies (M.A)..
