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Bollywood – Year by Year – 1907
Important Events J. F. Madan opens the Elphinstone Picture Palace in Calcutta, the first of his cinema chain.
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1906
Important Events J.F. Madan’s Elphinstone Bioscope Co. dominates indigenous film production.
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1905
Important Events J. F. Madan turns producer with Jyotish Sarkar’s film of a protest rally against Partition
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1904
Important Events Manek D. Sethna starts the Touring Cinema Co. in Bombay, showing The Life of Christ (two reels).
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1903
Important Events H.S. Bhatavdekar and American Biograph film Lord Curzon’s Delhi Durbar, marking the enthronement of Edward VII.
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1902
Important Events J. F. Madan launches his bioscope show in a tent on Calcutta’s Maidan, the foundation of a massive exhibition and distribution empire which dominated silent Indian, Burmese and Sri Lankan cinemas.
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1901
Important Events Hiralal Sen’s Royal Bioscope establishes film exhibition alongside the commercial theatre in Calcutta, filming extracts from plays. H.S. Bhatavdekar films the landing of Sir M. M. Bhownuggree and the arrival (returning from Cambridge University) of Sir Wrangler Mr R. P. Paranjpye.
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1900
Important Events Major Warwick establishes a cinema in Madras. F. B. Thanawala’s Grand Kinetoscope newsreels establish the genre’s commercial possibilities. Footage of the Boer War is released at the Novelty Cinema, Bombay.
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1899
Important Events H.S. Bhatavdekar films a wrestling match in Bombay’s hanging gardens.
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1898
Important Events Two Italians, Colorello and Cornaglia, organize film shows in tents at the Azad Maidan, Bombay. Hiralal Sen starts making films. Amritlal Bose screens a package of ‘actualities’ and ‘fakes’ at the Star Theatre, Calcutta, with plays and variety entertainments. The multinational Warwick Trading Co. commissions Panorama of Calcutta newsreel. Other films include Poona ...
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Bollywood - Year by Year - 1970: Important Events
Devika Rani, the 'first lady' of the Indian Screen and co-owner of Bombay Talkies,...
Sajjad Hussain:
Known as much for his musical brilliance as his forthrightness, Sajjad Hussain's compositions ra...
Company (2002):
Cast: Ajay Devgan, Manisha Koirala, Antara Mali, Mohan Lal, Seema Biswas,Vivek Oberoi
Directo...
Firdous:
Real name Parveen, Firdous was introduced by Nakshab in Fanoos (1963) as a supporting actress, w...
Pakeezah (1971):
While courtesans feature in many films, mostly in minor roles, the two great films in whic...
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