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Movie legend Nargis dies of pancreatic cancer in Bombay at the age of 51. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s Elippathayam (Rat-Trap) is released. It will win the Sutherland Trophy at the following year’s London Film Festival. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– The industry celebrates the golden jubilee of the Indian talkie. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– The Indian Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Science (IAMPAS) is formed. [MORE] [ADD] |
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India 1981: Other Films of Note |
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36 Chowringhee Lane (Aparna Sen) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1982 | ||||
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The Case is Closed (Mrinal Sen) [MORE] [ADD] |
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The Occupation (Goutam Ghose) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Pandit Nehru (Shyam Benegal) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1983 | ||||
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Gandhi becomes the most popular foreign film at the box-office in Bombay and New Delhi, proving as popular as domestic films. [MORE] [ADD] |
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741 domestic films were produced in 1983 in 27 different languages. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– Mrinal Sen’s Kharij wins the Special Jury Prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– Bhanu Athaiya becomes the first Indian to win an Academy Award for costumes designed for Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi (1982). [MORE] [ADD] |
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India 1983: Other Films of Note |
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Masoom (Innocent) (Shekhar Kapur) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Market Place (Shyam Benegal) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1984 | ||||
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– Jijo’s My Dear Kuttichaathan, India’s first 3D movie, is released. [MORE] [ADD] |
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India 1984: Other Films of Note |
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The Crossing (Gautam Ghosh) [MORE] [ADD] |
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The Home and the World (Satyajit Ray) [MORE] [ADD] |
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The Mirage (Nirad N. Mohapatra) [MORE] [ADD] |
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The Ruins (Mrinal Sen) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Utsav (Girish Karnad) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1985 | ||||
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– 912 feature-length films are produced this year – a world record for any country in a single year. [MORE] [ADD] |
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India 1985: Other Films of Note |
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Bombay, Our City (Anand Patwardhan) [MORE] [ADD] |
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The Child God (Utpalendu Chakraborty) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Massey Sahib (Pradip Krishen) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Trikal – Past, Present and Future (Shyam Benegal) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1986 | ||||
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Actress Smita Patil dies from complications after giving birth in Bombay at the age of 31. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– The Indian National Film Development Corporation is established to develop better quality cinema. [MORE] [ADD] |
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India 1986: Other Films of Note |
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New Delhi Times (Ramesh Sharma) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Report to Mother (John Abraham) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1987 | ||||
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Kishore Kumar, playback singer on over 500 films, dies in Mumbai at the age of 58. [MORE] [ADD] |
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60 people are crushed to death at the funeral of film star, politician and Chief Minister of the State of Tamil Nadu, M. G. Ramachandran (MGR), which is attended by three million people. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– The first edition of the quarterly journal Cinema in India is published by the NFDC. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– The NFDC reports that the number of film theatres in the country continues to grow, although many rural areas still rely on travelling bamboo cinemas which only operate in the dry season. [MORE] [ADD] |
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India 1987: Other Films of Note |
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Monologue (Adoor Copalakrishnan) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Portrait of a Life (Raja Mitra) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1988 | ||||
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Raj Kapoor, one of the biggest Indian movie stars of the 20th Century, dies in New Delhi at the age of 63. [MORE] [ADD] |
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India 1988: Other Films of Note |
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Phera (Buddhadeb Dasgupta) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1989 | ||||
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– Prem Nazir, the biggest star in Malyalam film history and veteran of more than 500 films, dies at the age of 62. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– Sooraj Bharjatiya’s I Fell in Love soars to the top of the box office charts – where it remains for several years. Every few months the film is re-cut and re-edited then re-released. [MORE] [ADD] |
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India 1989: Other Films of Note |
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Enemy of the People (Satyajit Ray) [MORE] [ADD] |
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The Nest of Rhythm (Utpalendu Chakraborty) [MORE] [ADD] |
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The Tiger Man (Buddhadeb Dasgupta) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1990 | ||||
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Director Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram dies in Bombay at the age of 88. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– Satyajit Ray is awarded the Legion d’honneur by French President Francois Mitterand. [MORE] [ADD] |
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India 1990: Other Films of Note |
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The Chosen One (Aribam Syam Sharma) [MORE] [ADD] |
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The Walls (Ardoor Gopalakrishnan) [MORE] [ADD] |