 Dadaseheb Phalke's Raja Harishchandra was released on 3rd May 1913. The film was 3700 film long in four reels taking up 50 minutes. |
 Pachhi's Around The World (1967) was the first 70-mm film using the blow-up method with stereophonic sounds. G P Sippy's Sholay (1975) was shot in 70-mm format along with four-track stereophone. |
Orphans Of The Storm (1920), starring the Gish sisters, underwent censor cuts due to Indian Censorship Act 1918.
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 Ardeshir Irani's Alam Aara was released on 4th February 1931. It has seven songs and was 10,500 ft. long and ran for seven weeks. |
Ardeshir Irani's Kisan Kanya (1937) was the first color film followed by Mother India (1938). Sohrab Modi's Jhansi Ki Rani (1953) was the first Technicolor film shot.
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Kohinoor's Bhakta Vidur was banned in Sind & Chennai in 1921 due to censorship controversy.
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 Durgabai and her daughter Kamlabai Ghokhle acted in Phalke's second film Mohini Bhasmasur (1913). |
 Amol Palekar's first three film releases - Rajnigandha (1974), Chhoti Si Baat (1975), Chitchor (1976) - directed by Basu Chatterji, became silver jubilee hits at Mumbai. |
 Rani Zubeida, who acted in 36 silent films, acted in first talkie Alam Aara, released in 1931. |
 Guru Dutt made Kagaz Ke Phool in 1959 in Black and White cinemascope.
Mahesh Kaul made Pyar Ki Pyaas in cinemascope color in 1961. |
Prabhat's Sant Tukaram (Marathi-1936), directed by Damle and Fatehlal, ran for over a year.
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