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Film Journalism in India Dr. Mrinal Chatterjee Cinema has become an important part of Indian culture, besides being a huge industry worth about Rs 100 billion with increasing transnational operation. It warrants more responsible, serious, educative and productive journalism. Attempts are being made by the government, civil society groups like film societies and several trade bodies to promote better film journalism Indian cinema turns 100 this year. India’s first indigenous full length feature film Dadasaheb Phalke’s Raja Harishchandra premiered on 21 April and was commercially released on 3 May 1913.  Though another feature film titled Pundalik on a Marathi saint was released a year earlier, Raja Harishchandra enjoys the distinction of being the first wholly Indian venture in sync with the patriotic sentiment of its times, vis-a-vis Pundalik, which was an Indo-British joint production. In the last 100 years Indian cinema made phenomenal growth both in terms ...