![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)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/bb/d4/0000d4bb_medium.jpeg)
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)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/bc/d4/0000d4bc_medium.jpeg)
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)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/bd/d4/0000d4bd_medium.jpeg)
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)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/be/d4/0000d4be_medium.jpeg)
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)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/c1/d4/0000d4c1_medium.jpeg)
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)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/c7/d4/0000d4c7_medium.jpeg)
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)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/c9/d4/0000d4c9_medium.jpeg)
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)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/bf/d4/0000d4bf_medium.jpeg)
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)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/c0/d4/0000d4c0_medium.jpeg)
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)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/c2/d4/0000d4c2_medium.jpeg)
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)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/c4/d4/0000d4c4_medium.jpeg)
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)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/c3/d4/0000d4c3_medium.jpeg)
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)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/c5/d4/0000d4c5_medium.jpeg)
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)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/c6/d4/0000d4c6_medium.jpeg)
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)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/c8/d4/0000d4c8_medium.jpeg)
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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