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Modhu Boses Court Dancer: Raj Narkati is released. Produced by J B H Wadia, it is the first Indian film to be made entirely in English (as well as Hindi) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Moti B. Gidwanis Khazanchi, starring S. D. Narang and Ramala Devi, is released [MORE] [ADD] |
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Homi Wadias Ekta (Unity), produced by J B H Wadia, is the first Sindhi-language film. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Producers are given a maximum of 11,000ft of raw stock and 400ft for publicity trailers because of the shortage of material. [MORE] [ADD] |
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S. Mukherjee and Ashok Kumar breakaway from Bombay Talkies production company to form Filmistan. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Mehboob forms his own production company with a hammer and sickle logo. [MORE] [ADD] |
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The government rations unexposed negatives and all advertising films are prohibited as British sources of supply become uncertain due to the war. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Gyan Mukerjis Kismet (Fate), the first Hindi film to feature an anti-hero is released. It runs for over three years at the Roxy Cinema in Calcutta, and becomes one of the biggest hits in the history of Indian cinema. [MORE] [ADD] |
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A shortage of raw film stock due to the war results in the length of feature films being restricted to 11,000 feet. [MORE] [ADD] |
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India 1943: Other Films of Note |
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Ram Rajya (Vijay Bhatt) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Shakuntala (Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Tansen (Jeyant Desai) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Dadasaheb Phalke, regarded as the father of Indian cinema dies in Nasik, Maharashtra at the age of 74. Largely forgotten due to changing tastes in films, his last production, Gangavataran, was released in 1937. [MORE] [ADD] |
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The government withdraws controls over raw film stocks. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Film production reaches an all-time low of 99 films, 74 of which are in Hindi. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Khwaja Ahmad Abbass Dharti Ke Lal, the first film produced by The Indian Peoples Theatre Association (IPTA), is released. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Information Films of India is disbanded. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Dev Anand makes his film debut in P. L. Santoshis Hum Ek Hain. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Dr. Kotnis ki Amar Kahani (Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Ranakdevi (V. M. Vyas) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Paul Zils and Fali Bilimoria found the Documentary Unit-India. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Satyajit Ray, Chidanand Dasgupta and others launch the Calcutta Film Society. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Vijay Bhatt's Ram Rajya (1943), A.R. Kardar's Shah Jehan (1946) and V. Shantarams Dr. Kotnis ki Amar Kahani are shown at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. [MORE] [ADD] |
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The AVM Film company is established. Its first release is A. V. Meiyappans Nam Iruvar. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Rupanjali, the Bengali film weekly, is published for the first time. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Neel Kamal (Kidar Nath Sharma) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Raj Kapoor launches RK Films. Its first film, Aag, starring Kapoor and Nargis is released in August. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Nehru announces a freeze on the construction of cinemas in the country. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Chitrabani, the first Bengali film monthly is published. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Ajit (Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Chandralekha (S. S. Vasan) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Kalpana (Uday Shankar) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Shaheed (Ramesh Saigal) [MORE] [ADD] |
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The government revives the compulsory exhibition of approved documentary films and newsreels. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Dharti Ke Lal (1946) becomes the first Indian film to be distributed in the USSR. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Because of modifications to the Cinematograph Act, entertainment tax goes up to 50%. In West Bengal it is as high as 75%. [MORE] [ADD] |
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In Bombay, Dev Anand and Chetan Anand establish Navketan Productions. [MORE] [ADD] |
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New censorship classifications of Adult and Unrestricted are introduced. [MORE] [ADD] |
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The Film Enquiry Committee is established under the chairmanship of S. K. Patil. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Ek Thi Ladki (Roop K. Shorey) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Mahal (Kamal Amrohi) [MORE] [ADD] |
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The Film Federation of India (FFI) is founded. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Jean Renoir and Satyajit Ray meet while Renoir is in India filming The River. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Rai Bahadur Chuni Lall, President of IMPAA and MPSI, and one of the founders of the FFI, dies. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Dahej (Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram) [MORE] [ADD] |