Film/Motion Picture/ MASS MEDIA IN PAKISTAN
MASS MEDIA IN PAKISTAN Topic: Film/Motion Picture Film or movie is a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusionof continuous movement. They are also called motion picture because a film or a movie works on thetheme of pictures in motion. Film in Sub-Continent The Lumier Brothers of France exhibited their short films in December 1895 at Grande Cafe, Paris. Thefollowing year, they brought the show to India and held its premiere at the Watson Hotel in Bombay on7 July 1896. Raja Harishchandra (1913) was the first silent feature film made in subcontinent. It was made byDadasahebPhalke.By the 1930s, the industry was producing over 200 films per annum. The first Indian sound film,ArdeshirIrani'sAlamAra (1931), was a super hit. There was clearly a huge market for talkies andmusicals; Bollywood and all the regional film industries quickly switched to sound filming. Film – a popular medium of communication Film is an important and a very p...