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First 3D Movie - My Dear Kuttichthan

03 May 2013

500

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 70-mm Film - Sholay

03 May 2013

500

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 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 Colorized Film - Mughal-e-Azam in 2004

03 May 2013

500

During the re-release the film ran for 25 weeks and probably there is no other example of any film running for 25 weeks in its re-release. (The original black and white version was released in 1960)

First Colour Film - Kisan Kanya

03 May 2013

500

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 Dolby Sound Film - 1942-A Love Story

03 May 2013

500

Vidhu Vinod Chopra's 1942-A Love Story (1994) was music maestro R.D. Burman's swan song. The movie was also a stepping stone to advanced sound engineering with the introduction of Dolby Sound.

First Feature Film - Raja Harishchandra

03 May 2013

500

Raja Harishchandra (Date of release - 3 May 1913) Indian silent film, directed and produced by Indian icon Dadasaheb Phalke, and is the first full-length Indian feature film. The film was based on the legend of Raja Harishchandra.

First Film Insured - Taal

03 May 2013

500

Almost 85 years after the first film released, the film industry addressed the demand for risk cover against any mishap prior to the release of the film. Director and producer Subhash Ghai began the trend when he had his film Taal insured for a sum of Rs. 110 million in 1998.

First Film Maker - Dadasaheb Phalke

03 May 2013

500

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

500

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 Golden Jubilee Film - Sant Tukaram

03 May 2013

500

Marathi film Sant Tukarat (1936) became the first ever film to run in a single theatre for more than a year. The film also won a citation at the Venice Film Festival.

First Indian Cinemascope Film - Kaagaz Ke Phool

03 May 2013

500

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.