100 YEARS OF INDIAN CINEMA

By: Monika Doshi

OBJECTIVE

A brief on how the themes of the movies have

changed over these 100 glorious years.

BIRTH OF INDIAN CINEMA

• Undergone a massive change since 1913.

• Right from silent movies in 1913 to the first talkie in 1931 to the colored movies today.

DADA SAHEB PHALKE

• Father of Indian Cinema

• Epochal feature film on 3rd May, 1913

FIRST TALKIE

TIMELINE

1930s

1940s

50-60s

TIMELINE

1970s

1980s

1990s

NEW MILLENNIUM

• Indian cinema has now reached international audiences.

• A revolution of sorts has happened in terms of defining glamour, entertainment, budgeting, marketing and box office reports.

CHANGE OF THEMES OVERTIME

Earlier Bollywood films were largely based on

mythology and stories from the Hindu epics

Mahabharata and Ramayana.

Later onwards movies shifted focus on the concept

of joint families and what was the relation between a

daughter-in-law (bahu) and her mother-in-law (saas)

CURRENT SCENARIO

Showcasing serious, current issues like Tum Mile

which focused on the 26th July floods in Mumbai.

Some movie themes are based on certain

personalities, like Mary Kom.

Whereas a few concentrate on youth and the fatal

side of the silver screen, for example, Heroine or

Student of the Year.

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