Regional Cinemas of India

1. Script Writing and Film Language
Topic: Regional Cinema
By-
Parveen Saini, Assistant Professor
University Institute of Media Studies
Chandigarh University
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2. Course Objectives
• To understand the details of Script Writing
• To learn the details of Film and its concepts
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3. Topic Objectives
• To understand basic understanding and history
of Regional Cinema in India.
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4. Regional Cinema in India
• Marathi Cinema
• Bengali Cinema
• Tamil Cinema
• Telugu Cinema
• Malayyam Cinema
• Kannada Cinema
• Punjabi Cinema
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5. Marathi Cinema
• The first Marathi movie released in India was Shree Pundalik by
Dadasaheb Torne on 18 May 1912 at ‘Coronation Cinematograph’,
Mumbai.
• The father of Indian cinema industry, Dada saheb Phalke and who
made the film Raja Harish chandra in 1913 – was Marathi and the
journey of Indian cinema began from the Coronation theatre in
Bombay.
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6. Marathi Cinema
• Major Contributors- Great Artists like Dada Saheb Phalke, H M
Reddy, Nagi Reddy from Chennai and V Shantaram, Damle,
Fattelal, Dhaybar, Master Vinayak, Bhalji Pendharkar, Vasant
Joglekar, Acharya Date, Vijay Bhatt, and Nana Saheb Sarpotdar,
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7. Contd.
Gajanan Jagirdar, Raja Paranjpe. Actors like Durga Khote, Ruby
Myers, Master Vitthal, Prithviraj Kapoor, Zebunnissa and Lalita Pawar.
• The industry once stuggled to make 30 odd films a year in 2007 now
100 films at time in the pipeline to realise. Ankush Chaudhury and
Sachit Patil’s Saade Maade Teen, and Umesh Kulkarni’s Valu
fetched about $1 million each, a sum not considered as small for the
regional language cinema.
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8. Tamil Cinema
• Keechaka Vadham (1918) was the first silent film made in South India.
• Kalidas (1931) is Tamil cinema’s first talkie.
• Sivaji Ganesan became India’s first ever actor to receive an international
award when he won the Best Actor award at the Afro-Asian Film festival
in 1960 and was awarded the title of Chevalier in the Legion of Honor by
the French Government in 1995.
• Tamil cinema influenced by Dravidian politics which was also reflected in
the films also. Rajnikanth is referred to as Superstar and also considered as
the divine perspective in the heart of Tamil people.
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9. Tamil Cinema
• The music and songs are one of the best parts of the Tamil
film.
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10. Telugu Cinema
• The highest numbers of theatres are located in the Indian states of
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana which refers films in the Telugu
language.
• It has the highest theatre across the India. It is also produced the
largest number of films. Ramoji Film City, which holds the
Guinness World Record for the world’s largest film production
facility, is located in Hyderabad, India.
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11. Telugu Cinema
• The world’s IMAX 3D screen lies located there.
• Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya, was the multilingual actor in
South India to be honored with the Padma Shri.
• N.T.Rama Rao was one of the most commercially successful
Telugu actors of his time. Chiranjeevi, was listed among
“The Men who Changed the Face of the Indian Cinema” by
IBNlive India.
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12. Bengali Cinema
• The first talkie film in Bengali was Dena Paona in the year 1931.
The Bengali language cinematic tradition referred as Tollygunge.
• Highly renowned filmmakers like Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and
Mrinal Sen.
• Recent Bengali films that have capture national attention include
Rituparno Ghosh’s Choker Bali, starring Aishwarya Rai.
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13. Bengali Cinema
• The Bengali films capture the science fiction and also focus on
social issues. The first Bengali Feature film, Billwamangal,
was produced in 1919, under the banner of Madan Theatre.
Bilat Ferat was the IBFC’s first production in 1921. The
Madan Theatres production of Jamai shashthi was first
Bengali talkie.
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14. Bengali Cinema
• Bengali cinema lost its ‘all-India’ market in the 1950s
following a growing competition from Bombay’s studios
• Bengali industry’s economic downturn in 1970s
• Bengali audiences were also showing a marked preference for
Bombay films, made in colour and with superior technical
qualities
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15. Bengali Cinema
• By late 1970s and early 1980s, audience also started preferring
TV.
• Anjan Chowdhury released his first film Shatru (Adversary,
1984 proved to be a new orientation of the mainstream Bengali
film. He made spiced up films.
• 1980s has stars like stars like Chiranjeet and Prosenjit.
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16. Landmark Movies
• Chandidas by Debaki Bose
• Devdas (1935) directed by Pramathes Barua
• PATHER PANCHALI (1955) by Satyajit Ray
• MEGHE DHAKA TARA (1960) by Ritwik Ghatak
• NAGARIK (1952) by Ritwik Ghatak
• BAGH BAHADUR (1989) by Buddhadev Dasgupta
• ANTARJALI JATRA (1987) by Gautam Ghose
• THE WIFE’S LETTER (2016) by Aneek Chaudhuri
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17. Malayyam Cinema
• Malayalam is the fourth largest Indian film industry in the nation after
Telugu, Tamil and Hindi.
• It is considered as one of the quality cinema with relatable themes that
dates back to the ’70s and ’80s.
• It is often referred to as the golden age of Malayalam cinema, with
directors such as Adoor Gopalakrishnan and John Abraham (no relation to
the Bollywood actor), who was celebrated as a pioneer in avant-garde
filmmaking at the time, with films like Amma Ariyan (1986)
and Trisandhya (1972).
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18. Malayyam Cinema
• This era also saw the rise of stars such as Mamootty, Mohanlal
and Suresh Gopi. This was until the 2010s when the industry
witnessed the grand renaissance of Malayalam films with what
is being called the ‘New Generation,’ not unlike the Marathi
New Wave. Instigated by films like Ritu (2009)
and Traffic (2011)
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19. Course Outcome
• Students will understand the script, its format
and how to write script for different genres
• Students will become aware about the details
of Cinema in India.
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(UIMS)
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20. Topic Outcome
• Students gained basic understanding different
regional cinemas in India.
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(UIMS)
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