the first colour film came out in 1935.
the first colour film came out in 1935.
when did the first colour film come out?
1935
on 10 march 1935, another pioneer film maker jyoti prasad agarwala made his first film "joymoti" in assamese. jyoti prasad went to berlin to learn more about films. indramalati is another film he himself produced and directed after joymoti. the first film studio in south india, durga cinetone was built in 1936 by nidamarthi surayya in rajahmundry, andhra pradesh. the 1930s saw the rise of music in indian cinema with musicals such as "indra sabha" and "devi devyani" marking the beginning of song-and-dance in indian films. studios emerged by 1935 in major cities such as madras, calcutta and bombay as filmmaking became an established craft, exemplified by the success of "devdas". directed by an assamese film maker pramathesh baruah. in 1937, "kisan kanhiya" directed by moti b was released, the first colour film made in india. the 1940 film, "vishwa mohini", is the first indian film to depict the indian movie world. the film was directed by y. v. rao and scripted by balijepalli lakshmikanta kavi.
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in 1937 ardeshir irani, of "alam ara" fame, made the first colour film in hindi, "kisan kanya". the next year, he made another colour film, a version of "mother india". however, colour did not become a popular feature until the late 1950s. at this time, lavish romantic musicals and melodramas were the staple fare at the cinema.









































following india's independence, the period from the late 1940s to the early 1960s is regarded by film historians as the "golden age" of hindi cinema. defining key figures during this time included raj kapoor, guru dutt, mehboob khan, and dilip kumar.
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