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Indian films
Indian films command a huge domestic market and are
popular abroad, particularly in Asia, Africa and West Asia. India
leads the world in the output of films, with more than 800 Indian
films produced annually.
The major production of Indian movie centers are Mumbai, Chennai
and Kolkata. Apart from popular entertainment through commercial
cinema, art cinema deals with a serious themes particularly
relevant to Indian society. There has been widespread recognition
of Indian artists and directors at film festivals in different parts of
the world.

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Movies arrived in India less than a year after the Lumieres first
exhibited their cinematographie in Paris. On July 7, 1896, an agent
who had brought equipment and films from France first showed his
moving pictures in Bombay. That was an important day in the
social and cultural history of the Indian people.

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The first Indian-made feature film (3700 feet long) was released in
1913. It was made by Dadasaheb Phalke and was called Raja
Harishchandra. Based on a story from the Mahabharatait was a
stirring film concerned with honour, sacrifice and mighty deeds.
From then on many "mythologicals" were made and took India by
storm. Phalke's company alone produced about a hundred films.

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The First International Film Festival, held in Bombay in 1951,

showed Italian works for the first time in India. The influence of
Neorealism can be seen in films such as Do Bigha Zamin/Two
Measures of Land (Bimal Roy, 1953), a portrait of father and son
eking out a living in Calcutta that strongly echoes the narrative of
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Thief (1948).
Mehboob
Khan's Andaz/Style (1949), an upperclass love triangle founded on
a tragic misunderstanding, draws on codes of psychological
representation - hallucinations and dreams that feature strongly
in 1940s Hollywood melodrama. Mehboob's tendency to make a
visual spectacle of his material, and his involvement with populist
themes and issues make him a good example of popular cinema of
the time.

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The late Satyajit Ray was awarded many prestigious international
awards including the Oscar in 1992 for Lifetime Achievement in
Cinema. Documentary and short film makers have also played an
important role in spreading knowledge and awareness among
sections which are yet to get the benefits of modern education. Film
and Television Institute of India, Pune, imparts training
in film making and televisions programme production.

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