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Indian Film Industry

India is the largest producer of films in the world and second oldest film industry in the world which originated around about 103 years ago.  It was in early 1913 that an Indian film received a public screening. The film was Raja Harishchandra. Its director, Dadasaheb Phalke is now remembered through a lifetime achievement award bestowed by the film industry in his name. It was Phalke who introduced India to world cinema at a time when working in films was taboo. After the success of ‘Raja Harishchandra’, several filmmakers in Bombay and Madras began making silent films. The silent era came to an end when Ardeshir Irani produced his first talkie, ‘Alam Ara’ in 1931. 

Cinema

Indian producer, director and screenwriter Dhundiraj Phalke, also known as Dadasahab Phalke is known as the Father of Indian Cinema. Dada Saheb Phalke award is given by Government of India for lifetime contribution to cinema.

Famous Cartoon Character form Films

• Snoopy - Peanuts
• Dee Dee - Dexter’s Laboratory
• Mojo Jojo - Power Puff Girls
• Bart - The Simpsons 
• Bagheera - The Jungle Book 
• Simba - Lion King 
• Stuart Bob - Despiscable 
• Kevin - Minions 
• Ariel - Little Mermaid 
• Genie - Aladdin 

Other Famous Artists and Their Art 

• Raphael - The School of Athens
• Edward Munch - The Scream
• Rembrandt - The Night Watch
• Picasso - Guernica
• Rabindranath - Veiled Woman Tagore
• Rabindranath - Bharat Mata Tagore
• Amrita Sher Gil - Village Scene
• Satish Gujral - Brunt Wood, The Shroud
• Jatin Das - Women of Clay
• Raja Ravi Varma - Portrait of a Lady

Music

Folk music is easily understood and practised. It is sung in local languages. here are some indian folk and religious musical styles popular in our country.

• Rabindra Sangeet - This style was introduced by Rabindranath Tagore and is sung widely in Bengal.
• Ghazal - Originally a persian form of local music, now popular in India, iran, Turkey.
• Qawwali - Sufi devotional music sung by one or two lead singers and many chorus singers.
• Maand - Folk music of Rajasthan sung in royal courts of legends and heroes.
• Chaiti - Sung in north India in the month of Chaiti (month in Hindu calendar) which falls in spring.
• Shabad - Devotional songs of the Sikhs written by the gurus and bhakti saints.