Raja Harishchandra _ Indian First Cinema

RAJA HARISCHANDRA  

In India, cinema isn't just a passion. It is frenzical. We have perhaps inherited this acute addiction from the man who started it all, 99 years ago - the Father of Indian Cinema Dhundiraj Govind Phalke (1870-1944). Dadasaheb Phalke as we better know him as, held the first show of Raja Harishchandra what is widely considered to be the first Indian feature film at Bombay's Olympia Picture Palace on April 21, 1913. The commercial screenings started 12 days later, on May 3, 1913 at Coronation Cinematograph and Variety Hall, Sandhurst Road, Girgaum, Bombay.

http://staticmass.net/early-films-and-cinema/raja-harishchandra-indi-movie-1913-review/

http://www.mid-day.com/news/2012/sep/030912-Pune-1-st-Indian-film-Raja-Harishchandra-now-on-DVD.htm

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Yash Raj - Film Maker _ history of journey

Yash Raj Chopra   http://yashrajfilms.com/

(27 September 1932 – 21 October 2012)  - Legend of India Cinema )

Born on 27th September 1932, Yash Chopra's journey from the lush green fields of Punjab – which keep reappearing in his movies in all their splendour – to the very highest echelons of the Hindi film industry has been as magical as any of his 50 plus movies.

www.yashrajfilms.com _ Yash Raj

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007181/

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yash_Chopra

Yash Chopra at Suzanne Roshan's The Charcoal Project Launch
Born	Yash Raj Chopra 27 September 1932 Lahore, Punjab, British India
Died	21 October 2012 (aged 80) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Director, Filmmaker, Script Writer, Producer
Years active	1959–2012
Notable work(s)	Daag: A Poem of Love Deewar Darr Jab Tak Hai Jaan
Spouse(s)	Pamela Yash Chopra
Children	Aditya Chopra, Uday Chopra
Relatives	Baldev Raj Chopra (Brother),Dharam Raj Chopra (Brother)
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Director

S. No	Movie Name	Year of Release	Cast
1	Dhool Ka Phool	1959	Mala Sinha, Rajendra Kumar
2	Dharmputra	1961	Mala Sinha, Shashi Kapoor
3	Waqt	1965	Balraj Sahni, Sunil Dutt, Sadhana, Raaj Kumar
4	Aadmi Aur Insaan	1969	Dharmendra, Saira Banu, Feroze Khan
5	Ittefaq	1969	Rajesh Khanna, Nanda, Madan Puri
6	Daag	1973	Sharmila Tagore, Rajesh Khanna, Raakhee
7	Joshila	1973	Dev Anand, Raakhee, Hema Malini
8	Deewaar	1975	Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Neetu Singh
9	Kabhi Kabhie	1976	Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Waheeda Rehman
10	Trishul	1978	Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor
11	Kaala Patthar	1979	Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Raakhee
12	Silsila	1981	Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar, Rekha
13	Mashaal	1984	Dilip Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Waheeda Rehman, Rati Agnihotri
14	Faasle	1985	Sunil Dutt, Rekha, Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval, Raj Kiran
15	Vijay	1988	Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini, Rishi Kapoor, Anil Kapoor
16	Chandni	1989	Sridevi, Rishi Kapoor, Vinod Khanna
17	Lamhe	1991	Sridevi, Anil Kapoor
18	Parampara	1992	Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Sunil Dutt, Vinod Khanna, Ashwini Bhave
19	Darr	1993	Shahrukh Khan, Sunny Deol, Juhi Chawla
20	Dil To Pagal Hai	1997	Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Karishma Kapoor
21	Veer-Zaara	2004	Shahrukh Khan, Priety Zinta, Rani Mukherjee
22	Jab Tak Hai Jaan	2012	Shahrukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma

Yash Raj Chopra (27 September 1932 – 21 October 2012) was an Indian film director, script writer and film producer, predominantly working in Hindi cinema.^[2] Chopra began his career as an assistant director to I.S. Johar and his elder brother,B.R. Chopra. He made his directorial debut with Dhool Ka Phool in 1959, a melodrama about illegitimacy and followed it with the social drama Dharmputra (1961). Encouraged by the success of both films, the Chopra brothers made several more movies together during the late fifties and sixties. Chopra then rose to prominence after the commercially and critically successful drama, Waqt (1965), which pioneered the concept of ensemble casts in Bollywood.

In 1973, Chopra founded his own production company, Yash Raj Films and launched it with Daag: A Poem of Love (1973), a successful melodrama about a polygamous man. His success continued in the seventies, with some of Indian cinema's most successful and iconic films, including the action thriller Deewar (1975) which established Amitabh Bachchan as the leading actor in Bollywood, the romantic drama Kabhie Kabhie (1976) and Trishul (1978). From the late seventies till 1989 marked a professional setback in Chopra's career as several films he produced or directed in that period failed to leave a mark at the Indian box office, notably Doosra Aadmi, Kaala Pathar, Silsila (1981), Mashaal (1984), Faasle (1985) and Vijay(1988) were his productions. However, in 1989, Chopra directed the commercially and critically successful cult film Chandni which became instrumental in ending the era of violent films in Bollywood and returning musicals.

Chopra then directed and produced the cult classic Lamhe in 1991. Considered by critics and Chopra himself as his best work to date, the film became one of the biggest Bollywood hits in the overseas market. In 1992 he directed Paramparawhich was critically panned. Chopra followed it with the box-office hit and trend setter Darr (1993). Starring Shahrukh Khan in his debut, it showed a sympathetic look at obsessive love and defied the image of the conventional hero. Since then, Chopra directed three more romantic films, all starring Khan; Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), Veer-Zaara (2004) and Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012) before he announced his retirement from directing in 2012.

Chopra founded and was chairman of the motion picture production and distribution company Yash Raj Films, which ranks as India's biggest production company as of 2006, as well as the founder of Yash Raj Studios. Chopra's career has spanned over five decades and over 50 films and he is considered one of the leading filmmakers in the history of Hindi cinema. He came to be known as the "King of romance" of the Indian cinema. Chopra has won several film awards, including sixNational Film Awards, eleven Filmfare awards and four Filmfare Award for Best Director.^[3] The Government of India honoured him with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2001 and the Padma Bhushan in 2005 for his contributions towards Indian cinema. BAFTA presented him with a lifetime membership for his contribution to the films, making him the first Indian to receive the honour.