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Indian Cinema
Indian Cinema is as diverse as India itself. With it's various genres and languages, there is a movie made for every Indian. This is a concise view of Indian Cinema's diversity.
Diversity of Indian Languages
Various languages naturally evolve in a huge and diverse country like India. As per the 2011 census, there are 1,635 'rationalized mother tongues'. 30 languages are spoken by more than a million native speakers. Even in such diversity, Indian cinema manages to maintain a footprint which it should be proud of. Below is a view of Indian films certified between April 2013 to March 2014.
Industries producing more than 30 films
Industries producing less than 30 films
Diversity in budget
Though the films are from the same country, the huge difference in the budget between two films, one released in Dec 2013 and the other Jul 2014 indicates the diversity of Indian films.
Diversity of Awards
India loves it's cinema. One of the indication is the number of awards. Below is a concise list of awards for Indian cinema.
Government Awards
Award
| by
| for
|
|---|---|---|
National Film Awards
| Indian Government
| all indian language films
|
Nandi Awards
| State Government of Andhra
| Telugu films
|
Kerala State Film Awards
| State Government of Kerala
| Malayalam films
|
Karnataka State Film Award
| State Government of Karanataka
| Kannada films
|
Orissa State Film Awards
| State Government of Orissa
| Oriya films
|
Awards by Print Media
Award
| by
| for
|
|---|---|---|
Anandalok Awards
| Bengali Magazine
| Bengali films
|
Filmfare Awards
| English Magazine
| Hindi, East Indian languages and South Indian languages
|
Stardust Awards
| English and Hindi Magazine
| Hindi
|
Mathrubhumi Film Awards
| Malayali Newspaper
| Malayalam films
|
Awards by TV and Media
Award
| by
| for
|
|---|---|---|
BIG Star Entertainment Awards
| TV Network
| Hindi Film and TV
|
CineMAA Awards
| Telugu TV channel
| Telugu films
|
Asianet Film Awards
| Malayalam TV channel
| Malayalam films
|
Prag Cine Awards
| Assam TV channel
| Assamese films
|
Vijay Awards
| Tamil TV channel
| Tamil films
|
Zee Cine Awards
| Hindi TV channel
| Hindi films
|
Star Guild Awards
| TV Network
| Hindi films
|
Screen Awards
| TV Network
| Hindi films
|
Other Awards
Award
| by
| for
|
|---|---|---|
International Indian Film Academy Awards
| International Indian Film Academy
| Hindi films
|
South Indian International Movie Awards
| Vishnuvardhan Induri
| South Indian films
|
Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards
| Critic Association
| Bengali films
|
Apart from the above awards, there is a 'Golden Kela Awards' by 'Random Magazine' for the worst Hindi movies.
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All the above data is from wikipedia.org and filmfed.org
