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100 years of Indian cinema: Unofficial 'Raja Harishchandra' Google doodle
Bollywood Soumyadip ChoudhuryMay 3, 2013 0

100 years of Indian cinema: ‘Raja Harishchandra’ unofficial Google doodle

Google doodled Alam Ara, Google doodled Ray and because Google didn’t doodle the 100th anniversary of the release of the first Indian movie – Raja Harishchandra, Cutting the Chai has.…Continue Reading →

Cinema century: 3 May, 1913 - Raja Harishchandra and the beginnings of a national obsession
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Cinema century: May 3, 1913 – Raja Harishchandra and the beginnings of a national obsession

(This is an edited version of a post first published on April 21, 2012) In India, cinema isn’t just a…

Soumyadip Choudhury 2May 3, 2013
Raja Harishchandra 3D story in Amar Ujala
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Raja Harishchandra 3D story in Amar Ujala

The Hindi daily Amar Ujala (April 23, 2012) carried a home page anchor story on Cutting the Chai making Raja…

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Dadasaheb Phalke's Raja Harishchandra (1933) on India Public Domain Movie Project (Also in 3D)
Bollywood Soumyadip ChoudhuryApril 21, 2012 2

Raja Harishchandra (1913) on India Public Domain Movie Project (and in 3D)

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…Continue Reading →

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