Thursday, September 18, 2008
India's first indigenously made color film on life of poor peasant
Kisan Kanya', directed by Moti B. Gidvani and produced by Ardeshir Irani of Imperial Pictures, is India's first indigenously made color film.Irani, a film pioneer who had produced notable films as 'Nala Damayanti' (1920) which was India's first international co-production (with Italy) and India's first talkie 'Alam Ara' (1931) conceived the idea of producing a color film.
The result of his efforts was 'Kisan Kanya' made with the Cinecolor process whose process rights Irani had obtained from an American company V. Shantaram had earlier produced a Marathi film 'Sairandhri' (1933) which had scenes in color.
However, the film was processed and printed in Germany. ‘Kisan Kanya' was, therefore, India's first indigenously made color film.
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Labels: Alam Ara, Ardeshir Irani, color film, Germany, Imperial Pictures, Kisan Kanya, Moti B. Gidvani, Nala Damayanti, poor peasant, producing a color film
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