Mini series to showcase history of Indian cinema

"Silsila Cinema Ka" -- an eight-part mini series -- will soon help viewers enhance their knowledge about the history of Indian cinema

Starting from Friday on EPIC Channel, the series will lay emphasis on India's diverse film industries and many milestones that do not find their space in the sun, read a statement.

It will bring to light 24 lesser-known milestones and creatives of Hindi as well as regional film industries from various facets, listing path-breaking stories such as Baburao Patel's "Film India magazine", the heroes of silent cinema besides Dadasaheb Phalke, the early poster-painters of Indian cinema, the transition of monochromatic movies to technicolour films and much more.

The first series will chronicle "The Glorious Silent Era", India's first feature film "Raja Harishchandra" and Early Talkie Gems that introduced music, dialogues and sound effects to films.

--IANS

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