In the history of Indian cinema there are a few milestones which paved the path and future of our Cinema. Some of these moments have been forgotten over time but others still shine bright. Here is a list of the most iconic milestones to treasure in our memory and pay respect to:
First Indian Short Film (1899) - "The Wrestlers" was the first ever motion picture made in India by Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatavdekar AKA Save Dada. Save Dada was among the first Indians to witness the movie pioneer Lumiere Brothers unveiling of a new mode of entertainment and communication on their global tour in Bombay with their first motion picture “La Sortie des ouvriers de l'usine Lumière” (“Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory”). After experiencing this new art form he decided to buy a movie camera and projector and started making short films in India. He is considered India’s first documentary film maker as he started shooting scenes from daily life and important events.
India’s First Full Length Film (1903) - "Ali Baba and Forty Thieves" is considered India’s first ever full length movie of a stage play recorded by Hiralal Sen. Hiralal saw a stage show captured on.film called “The Flower of Persia” in Calcutta and decided to make his own movies. He founded the Royal Bioscope and made more than 40 short films over the next decade. He lost most of his money over the years leading to the eventual closure of Royal Bioscope and unfortunately all his films were lost in a fire in 1917 before his untimely death. Hiralal is also considered India’s first advertising film maker.
India’s First “Feature Film” (1912) - "Shree Pundalik" is in fact the first 22 min feature film shot based on a script and released in India by Dadasaheb Torne. Since it was shot by British cinematographers, processed in London and is considered a recording of a play, it is not recognized as India’s first film by the Government of India despite being released a year before Raja Harishchandra.
First Authentic Indian Film (1913) - "Raja Harishchandra" is the movie we all know as India’s first film. It may have not been the actual “First” Indian film but it is definitely the first truly authentic Indian film made and processed completely locally. The Father of India Cinema, Dadasaheb Phalke got inspired by the film “The life of Christ” in 1911 and travelled to London to learn about film making. On his return he founded the Phalke Films company, imported the required equipment to shoot a short film called "Ankurachi Wadh" (Growth of a Pea Plant). He used this short film to attract investors for his first movie which was shot with a fully male cast playing both male and female characters. Raja Harishchandra was screened as a one and a half hour show which included a dance number, a comedy act and some juggling before the movie was played. After a packed houseful run for its initially planned 1 week run, it was extended for another 2 weeks. As the word of the success of the movie spread across the country, Dadasaheb moved around with the projector, film and equipment to screen it. The film’s original print caught fire during the move from one theater to another on a bullock cart forcing Dadasaheb to reshoot portions of the film and create a shorter version called “Satyavadi Raja Harishchandra” in 1917. It is believed that only the first and last reel of the original movie have survived over the years and the remaining movie is made from the reshot shorter version of the film. The National award winning “Harishchandrachi Factory” made in 2009 brilliantly captures the story of making of Raja Harishchandra. This was the first big milestone which led to creation of an Indian film industry and film making in India.
First Indian Actress (1914) - Durgabai Kamat was the first female actor in an Indian movie. She played the role of Parvati in Dadasaheb Phalke's “Mohini Bhasmasur” in the era when women were not allowed to act in films or plays. Her Daughter Kamlabai Gokhale was the first female child artist in Indian movies. Durgabai was the great grandmother to the renowned Marathi and Hindi movie actors Vikram (Agneepath/Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam) and Mohan Gokhale (Sparsh/Mirch Masala) who technically become India’s first movie family.
First Indian Actor to play two roles in a movie (1917) - Anna Salunke in Dada Saheb Phalke's “Lanka Dahan". The movie featured trick photography and special effects which delighted the audience. This was the first movie to feature a double role as actor Anna Salunke played the roles of both Ram and Sita as women were generally not allowed to participate in performing arts. The audiences treated the halls where the movie was screened like a temple and took off their shoes in order to see the gods on screen. The movie ran to packed houses and minted money for its producers.
Censor Board Established (1920) - Independent censor boards were created in Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, Lahore and Rangoon under the local police chiefs in 1920. In 1947 these local censor boards were brought under the Bombay Board of Film Censors which eventually became the Central Board of Film Censors in 1952.
First Casualty of Indian Censor Board (1921) - "Bhakta Vidur" was the first unfortunate victim of the newly founded censor boards. It got banned for presenting its main character of Vidur in the style and personality of Mahatma Gandhi and due to several similarities with British India’s political situation.
First Indian Female Director (1926) - Fatma Begum was a stage and film actress who established Fatma films in 1926 and started producing and directing films starting with her debut feature "Bulbul-E-Paristan”. This is considered India’s first fantasy movie full of trick shots and special effects. Unfortunately no print of the movie exists in today’s date. She was the mother of superstars Zubeida, Sultana and Shehzadi. Zubeida starred in India’s first talkie and also married into Royalty like her mother. Fatma was the great grandmother of model Rhea Pillai.
First Indian Talkie (1931) - "Alam Ara" was the next major milestone in Indian movie history as movies transitioned from the silent era to an era where the actors started to talk on screen. The movie was produced and directed by Ardeshir Irani and starred Zubeida (Daughter of Fatma Begum), Master Vithal and a young actor named Prithviraj Kapoor. The movie was shot mostly at night to avoid any sounds from nearby traffic and trains. "De De Khuda Ke Naam Par Pyare” was India’s first film song. The movie and its songs were adored by fans and led to its successful run of 8 weeks all over India. No print of this masterpiece survived over the years and this is considered one of India’s most important lost films.
First Indian Movie to use Artificial Light (1931) - "Apradhi" changed how movies were lighted and made. All movies before “Apradhi” were mostly shot outdoors underneath natural sunlight and any indoor scenes were shot with the help of reflected sunlight using mirrors. P.C. Barua “The original Devdas” went to Paris with an introduction letter from Rabindra Nath Tagore to learn about the latest techniques in film making. He returned to India with state of the art lighting equipment and decided to use them for his first movie in lead role named “Apradhi” directed by Debaki Bose. P.C. Barua also experimented for the first time with make up under artificial light and ended up wasting a lot of recorded footage but successfully emerged with a radically new way of making movies. P.C. Barua started directing movies after "Apradhi" with an assistant and photographer named “Bimal Roy” who would eventually change the landscape of movie making as one of India’s best directors of all time.
India’s First Animated Movie (1931) - "Lafanga Langoor" delighted kids all over India and wowed adults as the first cartoon film made in India. The film was directed by Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani with the help of German photographer Bocho Gutachwager.
First Indian Silver Jubilee Movie (1932) - "Sham Sundar" directed by Bhalji Pendharkar became the biggest hit at the time of its release running for more than 26 weeks. Bhalji Pendharkar started his career with the epic “Bajirao Mastani” before "Shyam Sundar" broke records to become India’s first Silver Jubilee movie. Pendharkar was the half brother of future actor director Master Vinayak (Father of actress Nanda) and cousin to the legendary actor director V. Shantaram.
First Onscreen Kiss in an Indian Movie (1933) - The silent movie "Marthanda Varma" was the first Indian movie to show a kiss on screen. It is the only South Indian silent movie from that era with a surviving print in the National Film Archive of India. However it was Devika Rani’s 4 min long kiss with her husband Himanshu Rai in "Karma" which actually turned heads. She established Bombay Talkies with her husband, infamously eloped with her co-star Najm-ul-Hassan and was eventually convinced by her husband’s associate Sashadhar Mukherjee to return back to her husband and acting. She took control of Bombay Talkies after Rai's death along with Sashadhar Mukherjee and her costar of several movies Ashok Kumar. Mukherjee became the clan head of the famous Mukherjee-Samarth-Ganguly families. His brother in laws were Ashok, Anoop and Kishore Kumar. His children were actors Joy and Deb Mukherjee along with director Shomu who married Tanuja, sister of Nutan from the Samarth family. Mukherjee was the grand father of Kajol and Rani Mukherjee. Devika Rani had a great run of hit movies with Ashok Kumar but will be most remembered for her beauty, the kiss, becoming the first recipient of the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award and for discovering and handpicking a young actor named Dilip Kumar for “Jwar Bhata”.
India’s First Color Movie and Original Soundtrack Record (1933) - V. Shantaram's "Sairandhri" was technically the first Indian color movie. It was a bilingual movie made in Marathi and Hindi based on one of the stories from the Mahabharata starring Master Vinayak. V Shantaram made the movie in color and took it to Germany for processing where unfortunately the processing was messed up by the lab leading to extremely loud and garish colors. As a result the movie was released in black and white and didn’t do well with the audience. The film was also the first to have a gramophone record pressed for the movie’s original soundtrack.
First Indian Movie to receive international recognition (1934) - Debaki Bose’s "Seeta" was awarded a honorary diploma at the Venice Film Festival. The film starred Durga Khote and Prithviraj Kapoor in the roles of Seeta and Ram and was the first Indian movie to receive any International acclaim and recognition.
First Indian Movie with Playback Singing (1935) - "Dhoop Chhaon" changed Indian movie music completely by becoming the first Indian movie to use recorded songs and introduced the concept of playback singing. All songs used to be sung live by the actors in movies before director Nitin Bose and composer Raichand Boral came up with the idea of playback singing. Now anyone could sing the song while the main actors lip synced to the songs during the shooting of the movie. This technique changed the future of Indian cinema and gave birth to playback singers who had no aspirations to act in front of the camera and allowed actors without the skill to sing focus on their primary job of acting. A major game changer.
First Indian Female Composer (1935) - Jaddanbai was a singer, dancer, actress and pioneer of Indian cinema who became the first female composer for the movie “Talash-E-Haq". Her mother Daleepabai who was born in a Hindu family as Dilipa Devi was abducted and groomed into the profession of dancing in Allahabad where she became a well renowned dancer. Jaddanbai would eventually became a music composer starting with her movie “Talash-E-Haq” which also featured her daughter Baby Rani who would grow up to become one of India’s finest actresses, Nargis, Raj Kapoor’s muse, Sunil Dutt’s wife and Sanjay Dutt’s mother. In the same year Saraswati Devi also composed the music for her first movie “Jawani Ki Hawa” and is also recognized as India’s first female composer along with Jaddanbai. Saraswati Devi is best known for composing the songs of "Achyut Kanya” and 2 songs sung originally by Ashok Kumar and then sung again by Kishore Kumar many years later as “Koi Humdum Na Raha” from “Ghunghroo” and the iconic song “Ek Chaturi Naar Kar Ke Shringar” from “Padosan”.
First Indian Movie with a Female Lead (1935) - Homi Wadia’s "Hunterwali" was a blockbuster action movie with a solo female lead. Fearless Nadia AKA Mary Ann Evans was an Indian stuntwoman and actress of Australian origin who debuted in this movie and won hearts and applause all over India. She married Homi Wadia and became Nadia Wadia. Vishal Bhardwaj’s movie "Rangoon" features Kangana Ranaut in a role inspired by Fearless Nadia.
First Color Movie processed in India (1935) - "Kisan Kanya" became India’s first official color movie to get fully shot, processed and released in India. The movie was based on a novel by Manto, whose life was recently brought to life by Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Film pioneer Ardeshir Irani, the director of India’s first talkie conceived and produced his idea of India’s first color movie with "Kisan Kanya". This was another major milestone in Indian Cinema.
First use of a moving camera in Indian Cinema (1935) - Mehboob Khan was one of Bollywood’s biggest directors of the 30s and 40s who would eventually direct India’s first Oscar nominated movie. He felt constrained by the limitations of the heavy, immobile and difficult to maneuver camera while shooting his movies. So he decided to put a camera on a Thela (Cart) and tie it with rope which the crew used to move the camera. Mehboob Khan could now follow the action instead of all the actors focus and play towards a still camera. When Bollywood insiders heard about this experiment almost everyone flocked to see Mehboob Khan’s experiment in action. Mehboob Khan was successful in achieving the desired results of this moving experiment, however at the cost of some injuries to his music director Anil Biswas who was so focused on the the action while following the cart with his music band that he didn’t see a hole that he fell into, leading to injuries and ending the days work for the crew.
First Golden Jubilee Film (1936) - "Sant Tukaram" directed by Vishnupant Govind Damle and Sheikh Fattelal broke records to become one of India’s first big hit movies. It ran in one theater for more than a year becoming India’s first golden jubilee hit and won several international awards including at the Venice Film Festival.
First Songless Indian Talkie (1937) - J.B.H Wadia did the inconceivable action of making **"Naujawan"**a talkie without any songs. He was the elder brother of Homi Wadia and actually discovered Fearless Nadia who Homi directed and married. He proved that songless serious movies could co-exist in India’s musical talkie world.
India’s First Sequel (1943) - "Hunterwali Ki Beti" became the first sequel of an Indian movie when Fearless Nadia returned in another action packed movie. The movie was directed by Batuk Bhatt AKA Nanabhai Bhatt, the father of Mahesh, Mukesh and Robin Bhatt and patriarch of the Bhatt family which also includes Eemran Hashmi, Milan Luthria, Mohit Suri, Udita Goswami, Suneel Darshan, Dharmesh Darshan, Pooja and Alia Bhatt.
First Indian Movie to Gross Rs 1 Crore (1943) - "Kismet" was India’s first blockbuster produced by Bombay Talkies and featured India’s original superstar Ashok Kumar. "Kismet" was a movie with several firsts in Indian cinema history. Ashok Kumar played the first Anti-hero in film industry, the movie has the first ever depiction of an unmarried pregnant girl, and used the evergreen Bollywood lost and found formula for the first time in Indian movies, it was the first blockbuster, first movie to run for 187 weeks a record which stood for 32 years before a movie named Sholay shattered it in 1975 and it also features the first appearance of Mehmood as a child artist in movies.
First Indian movie to win Palme d’Or (1946) - Chetan Anand’s "Neecha Nagar" became the first Indian movie to win one of the most prestigious awards in the movie world as it received the Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival. The tale of social divide based on Gorky’s “The Lower Depths” is the only Indian movie till date to win this award. The movie also marked the debut of actress Kamini Kaushal and Maestro Ravi Shankar as a first time movie music director.
First Indian Musical chartbuster (1949) - Raj Kapoor’s "Barsaat" became the first Hindi movie soundtrack to feature multiple iconic hit songs like “Hawa Mein Udta Jaaye”, “Jiya Beqarar Hai”, "Barsaat Mein Humse Mile”, “Mujhe Kissi Se Pyaar Ho Gaya”, “Patli Kamar Hai”, “Chhod Gaye Baalam” and others. It became the highest grossing movie on release and established RK’s team of jolly artists featuring Nargis, Shankar Jaikishan, Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri, Mukesh and Lata Mangeshkar and changed music in Hindi movies forever.
First Indian Movie to receive an Adult Certificate (1950) - "Hanste Aansoo" became the first Indian movie to receive the censor board’s newly introduced “Adult” certificate due to its bold theme for that era. The movie showed a strong willed, intelligent and independent wife played by Madhubala who leaves her illiterate husband after being physically abused by him. The portrayal of a modern woman standing up for her rights was not considered fit for general audience by the censor board. The movie still became a hit at the box office due to Madhubala’s star power and popularity.
First Indian Movie in Technicolor (1953) - Sohrab Modi’s "Jhansi Ki Rani" was the first Indian movie shot in technicolor with the help of several Hollywood technicians including Ernest Haller, the cinematographer of “Gone with the Wind”. The brilliantly shot and beautifully colored spectacle somehow failed to impress at the box office
First Winner of Filmfare Award (1954) - "Do Bigha Zamin" won the inaugural Filmfare award for Best Film and Director and kicked of Bimal Roy’s legendary run of 11 Filmfare Awards in its first decade. "Do Bigha Zamin” kicked off India’s Neo-realistic cinema which gained traction with Roy’s next movies along with another young film maker named Satyajit Ray and Roy’s mentees Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Basu Bhattacharya.
First Winner of National Film Award (1954) - The Marathi movie "Shyamchi Aai" became the first winner of the National Award for Best film AKA The golden Lotus.
First Oscar Nomination for an Indian movie (1957) - Mehboob Khan’s Magum Opus "Mother India” created history in India as it conquered the box office to become the highest grossing movie at the time of release and India’s first Oscar nominated film. Mother India is the movie with which India came closest to winning an Oscar. It lost the Oscar for best foreign film to Fellini’s "Night of Cabiria" by a single vote. Its iconic poster with Nargis was the pride of India for several decades. Javed Akhtar once wrote "All Hindi films come from Mother India”. After all it kicked off the Dacoit Genre, introduced India to morally opposed brothers, a strong female character, a rebellious son, an angry young man and is considered one of the earliest movies to convey the sense of Indian Nationalism and Patriotism. Time magazine, CNN, BBC, British Film Institute have all listed it among the Top 100 movies in world cinema.
India’s First Trilogy (1955-59) - Satyajit Ray’s Apu Trilogy was not only India's but the world’s first trilogy. Apu’s narrative began with the story of a boy in the 1955 masterpiece “Pather Panchali” followed by the story of his teenage year in the 1956 gem “Aparajito” before its masterful conclusion in 1959 in the heartbreaking tale of his adulthood “Apur Sansar”. “The Apu Trilogy” won 3 national awards, 7 awards at Cannes, Berlin and Venice Film Festivals and countless awards across the globe. An achievement no other India director has even been able to replicate.
First Indian Movie shot in Cinemascope (1959) - Guru Dutt’s semi-autobiographical classic "Kaagaz Ke Phool" was a technical and emotional masterpiece, so ahead of its time that it unfortunately ended Guru Dutt’s iconic career as a director. Dutt invested in the movie and pioneered the use of cinemascope for the first time in Indian cinema with license from 20th century fox. The format, the lighting, the camera work, the blocking, the film making techniques used by Dutt for "Kaagaz Ke Phool" are still taught in film school. The British Film Institute, Sights and Sound, CNN all rated “Kaagaz Ke Phool’ among the best Indian movies of all time. Now considered a true masterpiece and one of the greatest movies about film making and life, “Kaagaz Ke Phool” is still screened and applauded at film festivals around the globe more than 60 years later. The commemorative stamp released to honor Guru Dutt prominently features the set and light beam of “Kaagaz Ke Phool” in the background.
First Indian Movie to gross Rs 5 Crore (1960) - K Asif’s Magnum Opus "Mughal-E-Azam" was the first Indian movie to earn INR 5 crore (INR 2,200+ Adjusted for inflation) in history. Its record as India's highest grossing movie of all time hasn’t been broken in the last 6 decades. This Epic production was made for an unheard budget of INR 1 Crore in 1960 which is more than 100 crores adjusted for inflation in today’s date. It grossed more than INR 2,200 crores adjusted for inflation in India alone, a record which no Indian movie has ever come close to even in today’s global market. The day before its advance booking opened, more than 100,000 people showed up at Bombay’s 1,100 capacity Maratha Mandir Cinema to buy tickets. Fans stayed in the queue for days with their families bringing them food daily till they were finally be able to buy the tickets for the movie. The tickets were the most expensive sold till that time and were sold in dockets with photos and trivia of the movie. More than 100 million people decided to walk into cinema halls to watch Bollywood's Magnum Opus, a landmark movie by all standards. "Mughal-E-Azam" is considered a landmark of Cinema and is considered by BBC as one of the most Iconic Indian movies. The British Film Institute polled it in the top 10 Indian movies of all time.
First International Award for an Indian Actor (1960) - Sivaji Ganesan became India’s first actor to win a best actor award at the Afro-Asian Film Festival in Cairo for his tremendous performance in the historical biopic "Veerapandiya Kattabomman”.
First Indian Movie shot outside India (1964) - Raj Kapoor’s "Sangam" took his audience abroad for the first time as he shot several scenes in Switzerland and Paris for the first time. The movie became the second highest grossing blockbuster in India at the time of its release.
First Winner of Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1969) - Devika Rani widely considered the First Lady of Indian cinema became the first recipient of India’s highest award in the field of cinema which is awarded to one iconic Indian artist every year.
First Indian Movie to highlight name of its writers (1973) - Salim-Javed changed the landscape for writers in Indian cinema forever after their runaway success of Zanjeer, the movie which introduced Big B as the Angry Young man to India. Salim-Javed asked Prakash Mehra for a previously unimaginable request to add the writer's names on the movie poster. Mehra agreed but was apologetic when the posters came out without any mention of Salim-Javed. Salim-Javed hired a painter to use a stencil and paint their name on every poster put up across Bombay overnight before the day of the movie’s release. The painter ended up adding “Written by Salim-Javed” all over the posters including Amitabh’s face, Pran’s beard, director’s name etc. It became very obvious to anyone looking at the posters that this was a Salim-Javed movie. Salim-Javed finally got their wish carving the way for writer's, as their names appeared on the movie posters with their next movie "Deewar".
First Indian Movie to run in cinemas for 10 years (1975) - "Sholay" is often considered the greatest Indian movie of all time. Its story, its characters, its songs, its scenes and its dialogues were all so iconic that it created history by becoming the first movie to reach a silver jubilee in more than 100 theaters and also run in a theater for 10 successive years. It was awarded a special Filmfare Award for Best Film of last 50 years and BBC India's Film of the Millennium. Truly pathbreaking.
First Indian to win an Oscar (1982) - Bhanu Athaiya became the first Indian to win an Oscar award for Richard Attenborough’s multiple Oscar winning masterpiece "Gandhi". Her illustrious career was full of amazing costume designing work in classics like "C.I.D.", "Pyaasa", "Kaagaz Ke Phool", "Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam", "Guide", "Mera Naam Joker", "Satyam Shivam Sundaram", "Karz" and several others. Her triumph at the Oscars was one of the proudest moments for India at the global stage.
First Indian 3D Movie (1984) - "My Dear Kuttichathan" was the first Indian movie made and released in 3D. It was released in Hindi as "Chota Chetan". It became the highest grossing Malayalam movie on release. It led to creation of a few more 3D movies which unfortunately focused more on the technology as a gimmick than the movie's content and story. The 3D craze was short lived. The release of “Avatar" 25 years later eventually brought 3D movies to the forefront.
First winner of Camera d’Or (1988) - Mira Nair’s "Salaam Bombay!" not only became the 2nd Indian movie to get an Oscar Nomination, but also got nominated at BAFTA, the Golden Globes and became India’s first winner of the Camera d’Or at Cannes Film Festival.
First Oscar for an Indian director (1992) - Satyajit Ray’s masterpiece laden career was finally recognized with an honorary Oscar for his work. Such was his dedication to the art that he wrote, composed, produced and directed his final movie from an oxygen tent a few month’s before his body finally gave up. The national award for best movie and director for his final movie was announced 15 days before Ray’s demise. He heard the announcement but wasn’t around for the actual award presentation. Luckily he was able to receive his Oscar and thanked the academy through a video recording before his demise.
**First Indian Movie with Dolby Surround (1994) - Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s "1942: A Love Story" changed how Indian’s experienced sound in a movie theater bringing Dolby Surround to India for the first time. The movie viewing and hearing experience has never been the same. R.D. Burman’s brilliant soundtrack and amazing songs received an appropriate tribute in his final movie.
First Indian Movie to run in cinemas for 24 years (1995) - "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" broke Sholay’s 10 year run record after running in Maratha Mandir for 1009 consecutive weeks. When Maratha Mandir reopened its doors after the Covid lockdown ended, it was "DDLJ" which was the first movie to be screened after the break. It ran in the UK for more than a year and has been playing in theaters somewhere in the world for more than 24 years. The movie made SRK a superstar and won a National Film award and a record breaking 10 Filmfare awards including Best Film, Director, Actor and Actress.
First Indian Actor to win an award for Best Actress (1996) - Nirmal Pandey became the first and only Indian male actor to win an award for Best Actress at the Festival de Valenciennes for Amol Palekar’s movie “Daayra” about a transvestite. He shared the award with the movie’s female lead Sonali Kulkarni.
First Indian Movie to get Insured (1998) - Subhash Ghai’s "Taal" became the first Indian movie to get insured. Ghai started this trend after the original star of his previous production “Trimurti”, Sanjay Dutt got imprisoned following which changes to the cast, characters and storyline of the movie resulted in one of Bollywood's biggest commercial bomb.
First Indian Musician and Lyricist to win an Oscar (2008) - A.R. Rahman and Gulzar became India’s pride when "Slumdog Millionaire" won Oscars for best original score and song for the modern Bollywood musical prodigy and the veteran poet lyricist.
First Movie to gross more than Rs 100 Crore (2008) - Aamir Khan’s Ghajini became the first Indian movie to blast through the Rs 100 Crore Box office mark.
First Movie to gross more than Rs 200 Crore (2009) - Aamir Khan’s 3 Idiots became the first Indian movie to blast through the Rs 200 Crore Box office mark.
First Movie to gross more than Rs 300 Crore (2014) - Aamir Khan’s PK became the first Indian movie to blast through the Rs 300 Crore Box office mark.
First Movie to gross more than Rs 500 Crore (2015) - Bahubali became the first Indian movie to blast through the Rs 500 Crore Box office mark.
First Movie to gross more than Rs 1,000/2,000 Crore (2016) - Dangal became the first Indian movie to blast through the Rs 1,000 and then the Rs 2,000 Crore Box office mark.
Records are meant to be broken and new ones will keep on getting set as we move ahead but milestones like first movie, first talkie, first movie with playback singing, first color movie and others were vital to the evolution of Indian Cinema. This is a tribute to all the pioneers who contributed to Indian cinema over the last 120+ years and paved the path for the future.
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BYTF Meet Up On Legacy of Bihar Regiment
The Bihar Young Thinkers organised an event on ‘The Legacy of Bihar ‘ on the 20th of August. The Speaker Guests of the event were Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha (Former Chief Of Integrated Chief Staff), Sri Nitin A Gokhale (Founder and Editor In Chief of bharatshakti.in and StarNewsGlobal.Com ) and Lt. General A.K. Bakshi who has Served in the Bihar Regiment and has an experience of 39 years in The Indian Army). The Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha, who hails from Purnia, Bihar, talked about the Indian Naval Ship Vikramaditya. Vikramaditya is the largest ship in the Navy and the country’s only aircraft carrier, which was formally affiliated to The Bihar Regiment, a highly decorated and battle hardened Infantry Unit of the Indian Army and the №6 Squadron of the Indian Air Force, that specialises in the maritime strike operations and operates the Jaguar fighter aircraft. He said Being in the army is not a Job, it is service to your great country.
Thereafter, Lt. General A K Bakshi talked about the history of The Bihar Regiment and its origins which is way back from the time of the British Indian Army. He shared the heroism of the Bihari troops who led the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and who preferred being blown by the guns than giving up their faith. The legend, Mangal Pandey belonged to the 34th Regiment itself. He while praising the very soil of Bihar went on to narrate the heroic tales of Veer Kunwar Singh and Birsa Munda. He shared with the participants an interesting War Cry “Bajrang Bali ki Jai” which was given by Capt. Habibullah khan Khattak and talked about the Major Operations carried by the regiments like Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 in the Kashmir Valley during 1948–49 and also 1965. The Units of the regiment have also served in UN Peacekeeping operations in Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He further shared quite a few interesting facts about the BRC, Danapur which has a war museum and according to the Lt. every one must visit it once. The Lt. also talked in detail about the bravery of the Bihar Regiment in the Galwan valley clash.
The third speaker of the event, Sri Nitin A. gokhale narrated the story of Valour and courage of the 16 Bihar Regiments and remarked that the recent clash with the chinese army at the Galwan Valley will be remembered for a long time in Indian Military History.
Sri Gokhale reminisced about the Nathu La and Cho La clashes which were a series of military clashes between India and China alongside the border which saw the valiant participation of the Bihar Regiment. The Sino-Indian border remained peaceful after these incidents till 2020 China–India skirmishes. Sri Gokhale did not shy away from speaking about the movie ‘Gunjan Saxena. He said that the bollywood portrayal is absolutely unreal and the Indian Armed Forces do not ever have those ethos which can disturb any women commission and that that Bollywood has taken too many liberties in that movie.
The BYTF event ended on a high note as the evening was buzzing with the feeling of love, devotion and sense of belonging to our motherland, India.

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印度影片拿习近平对比希特勒，引发中国驻印度大使强烈抗议。（YouTube影片撷图）
印度新闻入口网站《Strat News Global》日前发佈一支影片，将中国国家主席习近平与德国纳粹领袖希特勒相提并论；中国驻印大使馆强烈警告，若不撤下影片将面临严重后果；不过该网站已悍拒中方的要胁。目前该影片在YouTube点阅已逼近27万次。
这支影片8月1日同步发佈在《Strat News Global》网站、推特及YouTube，片长7分钟，标题名为「习特勒？习近平模仿阿道夫‧希特勒！」（Xi-Tler? Xi Jinping Emulating Adolf Hiltler!），比较了希特勒和习近平，谈到了两人作为国家元首的统治是如何开始，以及他们间共同之处。
《Strat News Global》创办人、印度知名媒体人戈卡莱（Nitin Gokhale）接到了中国驻印度大使馆发言人嵇蓉的抗议电话，称此影片令人震惊，要求予以其删除。戈卡莱不予理会，嵇蓉后来还透过即时通讯软体WhatsApp发出警告，称「请考虑我们删除视频（影片）的请求，否则将有严重后果。」
身为战略事务分析师兼作家的戈卡莱正告嵇蓉，删影片是不可能的，但他愿意公开发表对影片质疑或反驳的投书，并承诺将不经编辑就刊出。戈卡莱进一步表示，他也愿意採访嵇蓉或其他中国驻印度大使馆的官员，让他们发表看法。
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LTN 2020-08-12 陈成良
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