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A cinematographer films, as other members of the crew watch, during the shooting of Bollywood film “Black Home” at a beach on the outskirts of Mumbai April 26, 2013. Indian cinema marks 100 years since Dhundiraj Govind Phalke's black-and-white silent film “Raja Harishchandra” (King Harishchandra) held audiences spellbound at its first public screening on May 3, 1913, in Mumbai. Indian cinema, with its subset of Bollywood for Hindi-language films, is now a billion-dollar industry that makes more than a thousand films a year in several languages. It is worth 112.4 billion rupees (over $2 billion) and leads the world in terms of films produced and tickets sold. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

A cinematographer films, as other members of the crew watch, during the shooting of Bollywood film “Black Home” at a beach on the outskirts of Mumbai April 26, 2013. Indian cinema marks 100 years since Dhundiraj Govind Phalke's black-and-white silent film “Raja Harishchandra” (King Harishchandra) held audiences spellbound at its first public screening on May 3, 1913, in Mumbai. Indian cinema, with its subset of Bollywood for Hindi-language films, is now a billion-dollar industry that makes more than a thousand films a year in several languages. It is worth 112.4 billion rupees (over $2 billion) and leads the world in terms of films produced and tickets sold. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




Actress Nainaa Jolly (2nd L) performs during the filming of a low budget Hindi movie in Meerut in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh April 28, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

Actress Nainaa Jolly (2nd L) performs during the filming of a low budget Hindi movie in Meerut in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh April 28, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




Bollywood actress Chitrashi Rawat (3rd R) runs along a beach, as she is chased, during the shoot for the film “Black Home” on the outskirts of Mumbai April 26, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

Bollywood actress Chitrashi Rawat (3rd R) runs along a beach, as she is chased, during the shoot for the film “Black Home” on the outskirts of Mumbai April 26, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




Bollywood actress Chitrashi Rawat lies in a plastic drum as she is briefed by a crew member during the shoot for the film “Black Home” at a beach on the outskirts of Mumbai April 26, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

Bollywood actress Chitrashi Rawat lies in a plastic drum as she is briefed by a crew member during the shoot for the film “Black Home” at a beach on the outskirts of Mumbai April 26, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




People walk past Bollywood film posters in Mumbai April 14, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

People walk past Bollywood film posters in Mumbai April 14, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




An employee of Anoop Touring Talkies, a travelling tent cinema company, speaks into a microphone to advertise a film in Mumbai April 23, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

An employee of Anoop Touring Talkies, a travelling tent cinema company, speaks into a microphone to advertise a film in Mumbai April 23, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




An employee of Anoop Touring Talkies, a travelling tent cinema company, stands between cut-outs of Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha in Mumbai April 23, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

An employee of Anoop Touring Talkies, a travelling tent cinema company, stands between cut-outs of Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha in Mumbai April 23, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




Patrons wait to buy tickets for a Bollywood film at a cinema in Mumbai April 14, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

Patrons wait to buy tickets for a Bollywood film at a cinema in Mumbai April 14, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




An actor performs in a play about the life of Dhundiraj Govind Phalke during a festival celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema in New Delhi April 30, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

An actor performs in a play about the life of Dhundiraj Govind Phalke during a festival celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema in New Delhi April 30, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




Audience members sit in a theatre before a play about the life of Dadasaheb Phalke starts, during a festival celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema, in New Delhi April 30, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

Audience members sit in a theatre before a play about the life of Dadasaheb Phalke starts, during a festival celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema, in New Delhi April 30, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




Actors perform in a play about the life of Dadasaheb Phalke during a festival celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema in New Delhi April 30, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

Actors perform in a play about the life of Dadasaheb Phalke during a festival celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema in New Delhi April 30, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




A security guard peeps through a door to watch a Hindi movie being screened during a festival celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema in New Delhi April 30, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

A security guard peeps through a door to watch a Hindi movie being screened during a festival celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema in New Delhi April 30, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




An audience watches a Hindi movie being screened during a festival celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema in New Delhi April 30, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

An audience watches a Hindi movie being screened during a festival celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema in New Delhi April 30, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




Children watch a Hindi film during a festival celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema in New Delhi April 30, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

Children watch a Hindi film during a festival celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema in New Delhi April 30, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




Posters for a low budget Hindi film are pasted onto the wall of a cinema in Meerut in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh April 28, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

Posters for a low budget Hindi film are pasted onto the wall of a cinema in Meerut in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh April 28, 2013. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)
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