The document provides an overview of the evolution of Indian cinema. It discusses how cinema was introduced to India in 1896 through screenings in Bombay. It describes how the Indian film industry consists of films produced across many centers in India and is composed of multilingual films. It notes that in terms of annual output, India has ranked first in the world for many years and in 2019 was the third largest film industry globally in terms of box office revenues. It also briefly discusses the major production companies and government awards in the Indian film industry.

1. Topic :-
Evolution of Indian cinema
From :-
POETS AND PANCAKES
(FLAMINGO)

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. History of Indian cinema
The history of cinema in India extends to the beginning of the film era.
Following the screening of the Lumière and Robert Paul moving pictures
in London in 1896, commercial cinematography became a worldwide
sensation and these films were shown in Bombay (now Mumbai) that same
year.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. Government Awards
Reference from Wikipedia