1. INDEX
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1 Topic 1
2 Theme of the
lesson
2
3 History of Indian
cinema
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4 Description of
Indian cinema
4
5 Production
companies
5
6 Government
awards
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7 THANK YOU 7
2. Poets and Pancakes by Asokamitran is an important
biographical description of the Gemini Studios in the
early days of the film industry in India. While its
historical significance cannot be denied, Poets and
Pancakes, in spite of its rambling style, also dwells on
various important themes
Theme of the lesson
3. Description of Indian cinema
The Cinema of India consists of motion pictures produced in India, which had a large effect on world cinema
since the late 20th century.[7][8] Major centers of film production across the country include Mumbai, Chennai,
Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Kochi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack and Guwahati.[details 1] For a
number of years the Indian film industry has ranked first in the world in terms of annual film output.[28] In
terms of box office it ranked third in 2019, with total gross of around ₹220 billion (US$2.7 billion).
Indian cinema is composed of multilingual and multi-ethnic film art. In 2019, Hindi cinema represented 44% of
box office revenue, followed by Telugu and Tamil film industries, each representing 13%, Malayalam and
Kannada film industries, each representing 5%.[3Other prominent languages in the Indian film industry include
Bengali, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Gujarati and Bhojpuri. As of 2020, the combined revenue of all other language
film industries has surpassed that of the Mumbai-based Bollywood Hindi film industry.[30] As of 2022, Telugu
cinema leads Indian cinema's box-office revenue.
4. Production companies
More than 1000 production organisations operate in the Indian film industry, but few are
successful. AVM Productions is the oldest surviving studio in India. Other major production
houses include Yash Raj Films, T-Series, Lyca Productions, Madras Talkies, AGS
Entertainment, Sun Pictures, Red Chillies Entertainment, Dharma Productions, Eros
International, Ajay Devgn Ffilms, Balaji Motion Pictures, UTV Motion Pictures, Raaj Kamal
Films International, Aashirvad Cinemas, Wunderbar Films, Cape of Good Films and Geetha
Arts.
