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The cinema of India consists of films produced across India, which includes the cinematic cultures of Andhra
Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu and
Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar
Pradesh and West Bengal.[1] Indian films came to be followed throughout Southern Asia, the Greater Middle
East, Southeast Asia, and the former Soviet Union. The cinema as a medium gained popularity in the country
as many as 1,000 films in various languages of India were produced annually.[2]

Expatriates in countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States garnered international audiences
for Indian films of various languages. Dadasaheb Phalke is the Father of Indian cinema.[3][4][5][6] The Dadasaheb
Phalke Award, for lifetime contribution to cinema, was instituted in his honour, by the Government of India in
1969, and is the most prestigious and coveted award in Indian cinema.[7]

In the 20th century, Indian cinema, along with the Hollywood and Chinese film industries, became a global
enterprise.[8] At the end of 2010 it was reported that in terms of annual film output, India ranks first, followed
by Hollywood and China.[9] Indian film industry reached overall revenues of $1.86 billion (Rs 93 billion) in 2011.
This is projected to rise to $3 billion (Rs 150 billion) in 2016.[10] Enhanced technology paved the way for
upgrading from established cinematic norms of delivering product, altering the manner in which content
reached the target audience. Visual effects based, super hero and science fiction films
like Krrish, Enthiran, Ra.Oneand Eega emerged as blockbusters.[8] Indian cinema found markets in over 90
countries where films from India are screened.[11]

Films by Indian directors like Satyajit Ray, Yash Chopra, Mrinal Sen, Ritwik Ghatak, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, G.
Aravindan,[12] Shaji N.Karun, B. Narsing Rao,[13]Girish Kasaravalli,[14] Shyam Benegal[15] and Mani Ratnam have
been screened in various international film festivals.[11] Other Indian filmmakers such as Shekhar Kapur, Mira
Nair, Rajnesh Domalpalli, Deepa Mehta, Nagesh Kukunoor and Karan Johar have also found success
overseas.[16] The Indian government extended film delegations to foreign countries such as the United States of
America and Japan while the country's Film Producers Guild sent similar missions through Europe. [17] Sivaji
Ganesan, and S. V. Ranga Rao won their respective first international award for Best Actor held at Afro-Asian
Film Festival in Cairo and Indonesian Film Festival in Jakarta for the films Veerapandiya
Kattabomman and Narthanasala in 1959 and 1963.[18][19]

India is the world's largest producer of films.[20][21] In 2009, India produced a total of 2961 films on celluloid, that
include 1288 feature films.[22] The provision of 100% foreign direct investment has made the Indian film market
attractive for foreign enterprises such as 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures, Walt Disney
Pictures[23][24] and Warner Bros..[25] Indian enterprises such as Sun Network's Sun Pictures, Zee, UTV, Suresh
Productions, and Adlabs also participated in producing and distributing films.[25] Tax incentives to multiplexes
have aided the multiplex boom in India.[25] By 2003 as many as 30 film production companies had been listed in
the National Stock Exchange of India, making the commercial presence of the medium felt.[25]

The South Indian film industry defines the four film cultures of South India as a single entity. They are
the Kannada, the Malayalam, the Tamil and the Teluguindustries. Although developed independently for a long
period of time, gross exchange of film performers and technicians as well as globalisation helped to shape this
new identity.

The Indian diaspora consists of millions of Indians overseas for which films are made available both through
mediums such as DVDs and by screening of films in their country of residence wherever commercially
feasible.[26] These earnings, accounting for some 12% of the revenue generated by a mainstream film,
contribute substantially to the overall revenue of Indian cinema, the net worth of which was found to be US$1.3
billion in 2000.[27] Music in Indian cinema is another substantial revenue generator, with the music rights alone
accounting for 4–5% of the net revenues generated by a film in India.[27]