1926
Foundation
of the Punjab Film Corporation in Lahore, inaugurating the
Punjabi Film Industry. Ardheshir Irani starts Imperial Films
in partnership with Abdulallay Esoofally. Vande Mataram
Ashram is censored and briefly banned. The journal Photoplay
starts in Calcutta.
1927
Indian
Kinema Arts Studio starts in Calcutta. On October 6, Government
of India announces appointment of a Committee of Enquiry,
The Indian Cinematograph Committee. Film journals Movie
Mirror (Madras) and Kinema (Bombay) are started.
1928
The
Indian Cinematograph Committee (1927-28) publishes its report.
The British administration ignores the report. A.R. Kardar
starts the United Players Corporation in Lahore. First Malayalam
feature - J.C. Daniel's Vigathakumaram. R. Padmanabhan
founds the associated Film Studio in Madras.
1929
Wall
Street crashes ending negotiations about a major Hollywood
expansion into India. Several important studios are started
among them Prabhat film Company in Kolhapur, Ranjit Movietone
in Bombay, British Dominion Films Studio and Aurora Film corporation
in Calcutta and General Pictures Corporation in Madras. The
Gujarati film periodical Chitrapat and the Moving
Picture Monthly are launched in Bombay. Universal's Melody
of Love is the first sound feature released in India at
the Elphinstone Picture Palace. Bengali monthly Deepali
launched.
1930
Sailajananda Mukherjee starts the Bengali
film weekly Bioscope reporting on the Hollywood,
Bombay and Calcutta film industries and publishing
reviews, pre-release synopses of films, industrial
surveys and occasionally essays about technical
and aesthetic issues. Ambalal Patel and Chimanlal
Desai start Sagar Film. Gubbi Veeranna starts
production with the Gubbi-Karnataka Films Corporation
at the Malleshwaram Studios in Bangalore. First
Film society in India known as Punjab Cinema Art
Society.
1931
Alam
Ara is India's first sound film. B.N. Sircar founds New
Theatres. Several Madan Theatres productions follow in quick
successions with vastly superior sound systems. Pancholi's
Empire Talkie Distributors acquires rights to RKO - Radio
productions and RCA - Photophone sound equipment. The Bengali
film weeklies Chitralekha and Batayan and literary
quarterly Parichay start.
1932
First
sound feature in Gujarati (Narasinh Mehta). The East
India film Co. starts in Calcutta pioneering Bengali, Tamil
and Telegu filmmaking. The Motion Picture Society of India
(MPSI) is set up to represent the Indian Film Industry. Hindi
weekly Cinema Sansar launched in Bombay. In Bengal
the monthly Chitrapanji includes serious essays by
filmmakers.
1933
Prabhat
Studio moves to Pune. Its Sairandhri processed and
printed in Germany becomes India's first colour film. Kolhapur
Cinetone is started. Wadia Movietone is founded. Vijay Bhatt
and others start Prakash Pictures. Vel Pictures and Tamil
Nadu talkies are launched in Madras. Himanshu Rai's Karma
is premiered in London. The air - conditioned Regal cinema
opens in Bombay.
1934
Bombay
Talkies is established by Himansu Rai and Devika Rani.
East India Film Company's Seeta directed by Debaki
Bose is shown at Venice Film Festival. First sound features
in Oriya (Seeta Bibaha) and Kannada (Bhakta Dhruva).
Seeta Kalyanam made by Vel Pictures is the first sound
feature made in Madras. Ranjit Studio's Toofan Mail
is the Hindi Cinema's first major success in the stunt film
genre. Hindi film periodical Chitrapat is launched
in Delhi. Bengali film weekly Ruprekha starts.
1935
First All-India Motion Picture
Convention is held. New Theatres Devdas directed by
P.C. Barua becomes reference point in Hindi and
Bengali Cinema. New Theatres' Dhoop Chaon
establishes playback singing. Launch of the seminal
film monthly Filmindia. The Quetta earthquake
takes place on May 21. Its after effects are filmed
by P.V. Pathy. First films in Punjabi (Sheila)
and Assamese (Joymati). Madras United Artisits
started at Salem. First Trade journal started
by Motion Picture Society of India
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