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Indian cinema, which also includes South Indian cinema and other smaller film industries
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In 2017, Indian cinema produced 1,986 feature films, of which the largest number, 364 have been in Hindi. , Hindi cinema represented 43 percent of Indian net box-office revenue; Tamil and Telugu cinema represented 36 percent, and the remaining regional cinema constituted 21 percent. Hindi cinema is one of the largest centres for film production in the world. Hindi films sold an estimated 341 million tickets in India in 2019. Earlier Hindi films tended to use vernacular Hindustani, mutually intelligible by speakers of either Hindi or Urdu, while modern Hindi productions increasingly incorporate elements of Hinglish.

The most popular commercial genre in Hindi cinema since the 1970s has been the

talkie was Alam Ara (1931), four years after the first Hollywood sound film The Jazz Singer
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Alongside commercial masala films, a distinctive genre of art films known as parallel cinema has also existed, presenting realistic content and avoidance of musical numbers. In more recent years, the distinction between commercial masala and parallel cinema has been gradually blurring, with an increasing number of mainstream films adopting the conventions which were once strictly associated with parallel cinema. (Full article...)

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Dharamsala, while the foreign sequences were shot in Prague. Rockstar was released on 11 November 2011. Upon release, the film received positive to mixed reviews. Film critics highlighted Ranbir and Rahman as the stars of the film, but panned the plot. Rockstar performed well at the box office, appealing to youngsters in the cities. Ranbir's character brought him awards for best actor from Filmfare and Star Screen
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Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient director and screenwriter Shyam Benegal at his office in Mumbai.
Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient director and screenwriter Shyam Benegal at his office in Mumbai.
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Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient director and screenwriter Shyam Benegal at his office in Mumbai.
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Asian Academy of Film & Television
Central Board of Film CertificationDirectorate of Film FestivalsFilm and Television Institute of IndiaFilm City
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National Film Development Corporation of IndiaSatyajit Ray Film and Television Institute

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