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1961-1970

– Ingeet, the first wordless Indian film, is produced. [MORE] [ADD]

– B. K. Adarsh’s Babasa Ri Laadi, the first Rajasthani film, is released.  [MORE] [ADD]

Komal Gandhar (E-Flat) (Ritwik Ghatak) [MORE] [ADD]

Teen Kanya (Three Daughters) (Satyajit Ray) [MORE] [ADD]

– Merchant-Ivory Productions is founded by director James Ivory, producer Ismail Merchant and writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. [MORE] [ADD]

– The second International Film Festival is held in New Delhi.  [MORE] [ADD]

– Indian Film Culture, the journal of the Federation of Film Societies of India, is launched in Calcutta. [MORE] [ADD]

– The country’s film industry celebrates its golden jubilee.  [MORE] [ADD]

– The Indian Motion Picture Export Corporation is founded.  [MORE] [ADD]

– The Householder, James Ivory and Ismail Merchant’s first Indian film, is released.  [MORE] [ADD]

– Barnouw and Krishnaswamy’s Indian Film is published for the first time.  [MORE] [ADD]

– The Journal of the CTA of South India, probably the first Indian technical magazine is published on a monthly basis in Madras.  [MORE] [ADD]

Actor and director Guru Dutt commits suicide in Bombay at the age of 39. [MORE] [ADD]

– The National Film Archive Of India is established in Pune.  [MORE] [ADD]

– Raj Kapoor’s Sangam, the first Indian film to be shot extensively overseas, is released. [MORE] [ADD]

– Jerry Toeplitz, the president of FIAF, publishes his Report on Indian Cinema for UNESCO. [MORE] [ADD]

– Naizraat, the first Kashmiri film, is released.  [MORE] [ADD]

Charulata (The Lonely Wife) (Satyajit Ray) [MORE] [ADD]

– The film, Guide, is produced in two versions: a Hindi version directed by the star Dev Anand’s younger brother, Vijay, and an English-language version in collaboration with Pearl S. Buck directed by Ted Danielewski, to introduce the star to western audiences. [MORE] [ADD] 

Kapurush (The Coward) (Satyajit Ray) [MORE] [ADD]

Shakespeare-Wallah (James Ivory) [MORE] [ADD]

Subarnarekha (Ritwak Ghatak) [MORE] [ADD]

– Karnataka, in Southern India, initiates a scheme to subsidise all films made there. Black-and-white films receive 50,000 rupees, while colour films are awarded 100,000 rupees. [MORE] [ADD]

Chemmeen (Ramu Kariat) [MORE] [ADD]

Gallan Hoyian Beetiyan (Kumar Kuldip) [MORE] [ADD]

Nayak (The Hero) (Satyajit Ray) [MORE] [ADD]

– Pachhi’s Around the World is the first Indian film produced in 70mm Technicolor with stereophonic sound. [MORE] [ADD]

– Hindustan Photo Films make India self-sufficient in Black-and-white and sound negative film. [MORE] [ADD]

– The Bengali film monthly Chitrabikshan begins publication.  [MORE] [ADD]

– Popular film star M. G. Ramachandran is shot and wounded by his co-star M. R. Radha. [MORE] [ADD]

Chiriyakhana (The Zoo) (Satyajit Ray) [MORE] [ADD]

Louis Malle arrives in India to film a documentary film entitled Calcutta. [MORE] [ADD]

– Khwaja Ahmad Abbas’ Char Shaher Ek Kahani (A Tale of Four Cities) triggers a censorship struggle in the Supreme Court.  [MORE] [ADD]

– Bombay cinemas close in protest at Maharshtra State taxation policy.  [MORE] [ADD]

– The Khosla committee submits its report on censorship to the government.  [MORE] [ADD]

– Mrinal Sen and Arun Kaul issue a manifesto for New Indian Cinema.  [MORE] [ADD]

– The state-owned Jyoti-Chitraban film studio opens in Kahilipara, Guwahati, Assam. [MORE] [ADD]

India 1968: Other Films of Note

Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (Satyajit Ray) [MORE] [ADD]

Film director S. S. Vasan dies in Madras at the age of 66. [MORE] [ADD]

Rajesh Khana and Sharmila Tagore star together for the first time in Shakti Samanta’s Aradhana. [MORE] [ADD]

Veteran film director Ardeshir Irani dies in Bombay at the age of 82. [MORE] [ADD]

– The Film Finance Corporation (FFC) declares new policy of backing low-budget offbeat films following the success of Mrinal Sen’s Bhuvan Shome. [MORE] [ADD]

India 1969: Other Films of Note

The Guru (James Ivory) [MORE] [ADD]

– Devika Rani is the first winner of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.  [MORE] [ADD]

– The Journal of the Kerala Film Chamber is published for the first time.  [MORE] [ADD]

– Firoze Rangoonwalla’s Indian Filmography: Silent and Hindi Films (1897-1969) is published.  [MORE] [ADD]

India 1970: Other Films of Note

Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in the Forest) (Satyajit Ray) [MORE] [ADD]

Bombay Talkie (James Ivory) [MORE] [ADD]

Samskara (Funeral Rites) (Pattabhi Rama Reddy) [MORE] [ADD]

Uski Roti (Our Daily Bread) (Mani Kaul) [MORE] [ADD]