This document provides an overview of various regional cinemas in India, including Hindi, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, and Bengali cinema. It notes that Hindi cinema, also known as Bollywood, originated in Mumbai and is the largest branch of Indian cinema. It then provides brief histories and key details about the origins and evolution of each regional cinema, including information on some of the earliest films produced.

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• M.A. Part ii Sem 4
• Year : 2015-17
• Submitted to : Smt.S.B.Gardi
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M.K.Bhavnagar University
Regional Cinema

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7. Regional Cinema
Hindi Cinema
Gujarati Cinema
Bhojpuri Cinema
Bengali Cinema

8. Hindi Cinema
• The Hindi language film industry of Mumbai known as
Bollywood.
• It is a largest and most popular branch of Indian cinema.
• Raja Harishchandra by Dadasaheb Phalke
• Known as the first silent feature film made in India,
released in 1913
• The first indian sound film by Ardeshir Irani’s Alam
Ara (1931)
• In 1937, Ardeshir Irani of Alam Ara fame, made the first
colour film in Hindi, Kisan Kanya.

9. Gujarati Cinema
• Gujarati Cinema started in year 1932
• Gujarati Cinema is always based on scripts
from mythology to history and social to
political.
• Gujarati Cinema has experimented with
stories
• And issues from the Indian Society.
• The first Gujarati film , Narsinh Mehta
• It was directed by Nanubhai Vakil.
• In 1935, another movie Ghar Jamai was
realeased directed by Homi Master.
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10. Bhojpuri Cinema
• Refers to films produced in the Bhojpuri
language
• In the eastern Utter Pradesh, Western Bihar
and Terai in Southern Nepal
• The first Bhojpuri talkie film Ganga Maiyya
Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo ( Mother Ganges, I
will offer you a yellow sari )
• Released in 1916 by Vishwanath Shahabadi
• Laagi Nahi Chhute Ram in 1963
• Ganga in 1965
• Dher Chalaki Jinkara in 1971

11. Bengali Cinema
• The cinema of Bengal , Tollywood refers to the
Tollygunge
• Based Bengali film industry in the city of Kolkata, West
Bengal India.
• The first Bengali silent feature film Billwamangal
• Was produced in 1919
• First Bengali talkie Jamai Shashthi (south film) , released
in 1931.
• First Bengali talkies as full length feature film Dena
Paona
• Released in 1931.
• The Apu Trilogy - 1955-1959