The Golden Age of Indian Cinema

Nargis Dutt, Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar in a still from the film Andaz.

In India, it all started with Raja Harishchandra (1913), India’s first feature film, which tells the story of a righteous king and showed a brilliant understanding of Indian audiences by the film’s director, Dadasaheb Phalke (the Father of Indian Cinema). When India became independent in 1947, it had a blossoming film industry that had been… Continue reading The Golden Age of Indian Cinema