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Indian silent film people (3 C) Pages in category "Indian silent films" The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total.
His first company, Elphinstone Bioscope, was a leading producer and distributor of foreign films in permanent and travelling cinema in India, whereas his second company, Madan Theaters Limited, was mainly involved in exhibition, distribution and production of Indian films during the silent era of film industry. [7]
The status of Raja Harischandra as the first full-length Indian feature film has been argued over. Some film historians consider Dadasaheb Torne's silent film Shree Pundalik as the maiden Indian film. [64] [65] Torne's film was released at the same theatre as Raja Harischandra on 18 May 1912, almost a year before.
By that time, the sound films had screened in India with the release on Alam Ara – the first sound film in the Indian cinema, on 14 March 1931. [82] Being a silent film, Setubandhan faced difficulties in getting theaters with the competition from sound films. It was released in 1932.
Suchet Singh, a silent film director and comparable to Dadasaheb Phalke and S. N. Patankar in the pre-studio era, died in a car crash in 1920. He established the Oriental Film Company in 1919 and directed four films in 1920, Mrichhakatik based on King Shutraka's play of the same name, Rama Or Maya, Doctor Pagal and Narsinh Mehta. [9]
She was also known as The Siren of the Silent Era, The Dancing Star and The Silent Screen Star during the silent era of films in Indian Cinema. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] Along with Ermeline , Ruby Myers , Sabita Devi and Sita Devi , she is credited as a "leading star" of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s who had more mass appeal than their male counterparts. [ 5 ]
The art of motion pictures grew into full maturity in the "silent era" (1894 in film – 1929 in film). The height of the silent era (from the early 1910s in film to the late 1920s) was a particularly fruitful period, full of artistic innovation.
Silent Cinema in India - A Pictorial Journey is a 2012 Indian English language non-fiction book, written by B D Garga and published by HarperCollins India. [1] [2] It won the 2012 National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema [3]