This document provides a brief history of Indian cinema. It notes that Dadasaheb Phalke is considered the father of Indian cinema, having directed India's first full-length feature film "Raja Harishchandra" in 1913. It also mentions that the first color film in India was the 1937 film "Kisan Kanya." Some other key points covered include the establishment of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1969, early prominent filmmakers in different regions like Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu in Telugu cinema, and early prominent film production companies from the 1950s like Bombay Talkies and Royal Bioscope.