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First Colour Film - Kisan Kanya

03 May 2013

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Ardeshir Irani of Imperial Film Company established India's first colour film laboratory in 1937 and Moti B Gidvani's Kisan Kanya emerged as India's first indigenously produced colour film.

First and only actor to won Best Actress Award - Nirmal Pandey (Daayra)

03 May 2013

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Nirmal Pandey's powerful portrayal of a transvestite in Amol Palekar's Daayra (1996) fetched him a Best Actress award, which he shared with female lead Sonali Kulkarni, at the Valenciennes Film Festival in France in 1997.

First Woman Producer and Director - Fatima Begum

03 May 2013

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Early Indian cinema was dominated by men, and women were considered only for roles in front of the camera. But in 1926, actress Fatma Begum became the first woman to take an important role behind the camera by establishing her own production company, Fatima films, and directing Bulbul-e-Parastan.

First 70-mm Film - Sholay

03 May 2013

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On August 15, 1975, bade parde par, a phrase commonly used now, became a reality with the release of Ramesh Sippy's film Sholay. The tagline of the movie, 'First time in 70-mm', probably helped make Sholay the blockbuster it was.

First 3D Movie - My Dear Kuttichthan

03 May 2013

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India was introduced to three dimensional motion pictures with the Malayalam film My Dear Kuttichthan in 1984. The phenomenon rapidly caught the Hindi film industry too with the first 3D Hindi film Shiva Ka Insaaf releasing in 1985.

First Film Maker - Dadasaheb Phalke

03 May 2013

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Dhundiraj Govind Phalke popularly knowon as Dadasaheb Phalke (30 April 1870 - 16 February 1944) was an Indian producer-director-screenwriter, known as the father of Indian cinema. Starting with his debut film, Raja Harishchandra in 1913, now known as India's first full-length feature, he made 95 movies and 26 short films in his career spanning 19 years, till 1937, including his most noted works - Mohini Bhasmasur (1913), Satyavan Savitri (1914), Lanka Dahan (1917), Shri Krishna Janma (1918) and Kaliya Mardan (1919).

First film to incorporate the 4K resolution technology - Sivaji - The Boss

03 May 2013

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When it comes to technology, the South film industry has often led the way. Rajnikanth's blockbuster film Sivaji - The Boss (2007) was the first Indian movie to incorporate the latest 4K resolution technology that it used only in big-budget Hollywood films. In India, 2K resolution has been the set standard.

First Indian Cinemascope Film - Kaagaz Ke Phool

03 May 2013

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Guru Dutt's Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) is a classic in more than one ways. Apart from its realistic take on the vagaries of the Indian film industry and Guru Dutt and Waheeda Rahman's impeccable acting, the movie was also the first cinemascopic film made in India. The movie had some of the most breathtaking images ever seen in Indian cinema.