History of Bollywood Movie Industry - Raja Harishchandra Movie (1913) by Dadasaheb Phalke was a silent movie first big screen production of India. In the 1930s, the movie industry in India produces more than 200 movie titles per year. Movie production India's first silent, Alam Ara (1931) by Ardeshir Irani succeed as blockbusters. India has a vast market for silent movies and musicals, so the Bollywood and regional movie industry in India rollicking start producing sound movies.
India was in turmoil throughout the 1930s and 1940s, including the effect of the Great Depression, World War II, and the Indian Independence Movement, and the separation of India. Most of the Bollywood movie produced as a form of escapism, just to escape from reality. But there is also a movie maker who raised social issues, or use the Indian freedom struggle as a background movie.
After great success with Ara Alam, Ardeshir Irani made Kisan Kanya which is the first color movie in Hindi. The next year, Irani made another color movie titled Mother India. However, color movie has not become popular until the late 1950s. Melodrama and the romantic musical movie has been dominated since the beginning of the history of Indian movies.
India was in turmoil throughout the 1930s and 1940s, including the effect of the Great Depression, World War II, and the Indian Independence Movement, and the separation of India. Most of the Bollywood movie produced as a form of escapism, just to escape from reality. But there is also a movie maker who raised social issues, or use the Indian freedom struggle as a background movie.
After great success with Ara Alam, Ardeshir Irani made Kisan Kanya which is the first color movie in Hindi. The next year, Irani made another color movie titled Mother India. However, color movie has not become popular until the late 1950s. Melodrama and the romantic musical movie has been dominated since the beginning of the history of Indian movies.
