Cinema of India No. of screens 9,382 (2022)[1] • Per capita 6 per million (2021)[2] Total 2886 Total 2,020,000,000 • Per capita 1.69 National films 1,713,600,000 Total ₹ 15,000 crore [5] National films $3.7 billion (2020)[6]
The Cinema of India , consisting of motion pictures made by the Indian film industry , has had a large effect on world cinema since the second half of the 20th century.[8] [9] Indian cinema is made up of various film industries , including Hindi cinema , which makes motion pictures in the Hindi language and is one of the biggest film industries in the country.[9] [10] In 2021, Telugu cinema emerged as the largest film industry in India in terms of box office.[11] [10] Major centers of film production across the country include Mumbai , Hyderabad , Chennai , Kolkata , Kochi , Bangalore , Bhubaneswar -Cuttack , and Guwahati .[details 1] For a number of years, the Indian film industry has ranked first in the world in terms of annual film output.[31] In 2022, Indian cinema earned ₹ 15,000 crore ($1.7955 billion) at the box-office.[5] Ramoji Film City located in Hyderabad , India is certified by the Guinness World Records as the largest film studio complex in the world measuring over 1,666 acres (674 ha ).[32]
Indian cinema is composed of multilingual and multi-ethnic film art. In 2022, Hindi cinema represented 33% of box office revenue, followed by Telugu representing 20%, Tamil representing 16%, Kannada representing 8%, and Malayalam representing 6%.[33] Other prominent film industries are Bengali , Marathi , Odia , Punjabi , Gujarati , and Bhojpuri cinema .[33] As of 2022, the combined revenue of South Indian film industries have surpassed that of the Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry (Bollywood ).[34] [35] As of 2022, Telugu cinema leads Indian cinema's box-office revenue.[36] [37] [10]
Indian cinema is a global enterprise,[38] and its films have attracted international attention and acclaim throughout South Asia .[39] Since the inception of Indian cinema in 1913, Hindi cinema enjoyed the position of top film industry, but in recent years it has faced stiff competition from Telugu cinema .[40] Overseas Indians account for 12% of the industry's revenue.[41]
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^ "The birth of India's film industry: how the movies came to Mumbai" . The Guardian . 25 July 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2021 .
^ "Commercial and bollywood hub Mumbai vs Media and political 'capital' Delhi: Is the race over?" . The Economic Times . 25 December 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2021 .
^ "Most of Jubilee Hills, Film Nagar is Wakf land" . The Hindu . 7 May 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2021 .
^ "ANR inspired Telugu film industry's shift from Chennai" . The Hindu . 13 May 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2021 .
^ "Tamil films: How north Chennai marks its presence while Kodambakkam thrives" . Hindustan Times . 23 February 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2021 .
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^ "Kochi sizzling onscreen" . The New Indian Express . 29 January 2013. Archived from the original on 26 May 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2021 .
^ "Mollywood comes home to Kochi" . The Hindu . 4 March 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2021 .
^ "Kochi Says Lights, Camera, Action!" . The New Indian Express . 6 April 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2021 .
^ "Mini-film city at Ramanthuruth" . The Times of India . 7 November 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2021 .
^ "Bengaluru's 100-yr-old Badami House, hub of Kannada cinema, will soon be no more" . The News Minute . 12 October 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2021 .
^ "Thriving nucleus of a film industry" . The Hindu . 28 October 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2021 .
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^ "First archives for Odia films soon" . The New Indian Express . 25 June 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021 .
^ "Express Rewind: Assamese cinema and the murmurs of a comeback" . The New Indian Express . 30 December 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2021 .
^ "Guwahati to host 65th Filmfare Awards" . The Times of India . 26 November 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2021 .
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^ a b "Distribution of the Indian box office in 2022, by language" . Statista . Retrieved 4 October 2023 .
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^ "India Box Office collections: Regional cinema led by Telugu, Tamil movies overtakes Bollywood" . The Financial Express . 11 July 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2021 .
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