Indian cinema
*On July 7,1896, the in India was done by 
Ans : Lumiere Brother (in Bombay)
*In 1898, Hiralal Sen made a short film by filming scenes from the stage show 
Ans : The Flowers of Persia 
*First Indian film
Ans : Shree Pundalik (A silent Marathi Film by Dada Saheb Torne & N.G. Chitre; 1912)
*First full length motion picture produced in India
Ans : Raja Harishchandra (1913)
*Raja Harishchandra was produced by 
Ans : Dadasaheb Phalke 
*First film to be made in Tamil 
Ans : Keechaka Vadham (by R. Nataraja Mudaliar in 1918) 
*India's first talkie film 
Ans : Alam Ara
*Alam Ara was produced by
Ans : Ardeshir Iranil
*Alam Ara was produced in
Ans : 1931
*First movie theatre in India
Ans : Elphinstone Picture Palace (1907 - Calcutta)
*Elphinstone Picture Palace established by
Ans : Jamshedji Framji Madan
*Elphinstone Picture Palace is presently known as
Ans : Chaplin Cinema
*The person known as the Father of India Cinema
Ans : Dada Saheb Phalke 
*Father of Indian Talkie Film 
Ans : Ardeshir Irani
*First film Studio in South India
Ans : Durga Cine tone (1936) in Andhra Pradesh
*First Indian film to feature female actress 
Ans : Mohini Bhasmasur (1913; Directed by Dada Saheb Phalke) 
*First Indian female Producer/Director with the film
Ans : Fatma Begum (film -Bulbal - e Paristan)
*First Indian movie with a background music
Ans : Chandidas (1934)
*First literary adaptation in Indian Cinema, based on Bankin.Chandra Chattopadhyay's Bengali Novel
Ans : Kapal Kundala (1933)
*First film featured the use of a play back singer
Ans : Bhagya Chakra (1935; Directed . by : Nitin Bose)
*First talkie film made in South India 
Ans : Kalidas (Tamil; 1931)
*Produced by
Ans : Ardeshir Irani
*Directed by
Ans : H.M. Reddy
*Indian Film with most number of songs
Ans : Inder Sabha (1932; 71 songs)
*First Colour film in India
Ans : Bilva Mangal (1932)
*India's indigenously made colour film
Ans : Kisan Kanya (1937; directed by Moti B. Gidwani)
*First Person to build a cinema theatre in South India (Coimbatore)
Ans : Swamikannu Vincent (1914) now Delite Talkies
*First 70 mm Film with six track Stereo- Phonic sound
Ans : Sholay (1975; Directed by Ramesh Sippy)
*The Indian film which entered the Guinness Book of world records for its five years run in the same theatre
Ans : Sholay (Minerva Theatre, Bombay for 5 years)
*National Film Awards and Film Fare award were first given in
Ans : 1954
*National Film Archives of India was setup at
Ans : Pune (1964)
*Founder and the first director of National Film Archives of India
Ans : P. Krishnan Nair (P.K. Nair)
*'The celluloid man', a documentary directed by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, is based on the life of
Ans : P.Krishnan Nair
*The person known as the Henri Langlois of India.
Ans : P.Krishnan Nair
*First film to be shot abroad (in Venice, Paris and Switzerland)
Ans : Raj Kapoor's Sangam (1964)
*First 3 D film in India
Ans : My dear Kuttichathan (1984; Directed by: Jijo Punnoose)
*First animated Film in India
Ans : The Banyan Deer (1957)
*India's First Animated 3D Film
Ans : Road Side Romeo (2008)
*The longest - running film in the history of Indian Cinema
Ans : Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)
*First Dolby Digital film in India
Ans : 1942.: A Love Story
*First Hindi film to win Golden Lion at th Venice film festival
Ans : Monsoon Wedding (Directed byMira Nair)
*India's first Digital film
Ans : Nil Nirjane (Bengali film; 2003; Directed by Subrata Sen)
*First English film produced in India
Ans : The Court Dancer (1941)/ Raj Nartaki
*In 1982 Doordarshan began colour broadcast with Satyajit Ray's film
Ans : Shatranj ke Khiladi
*India's First 3D Historical film
Ans : Rudrama Devi (2013)
*First Indian News paper in which a film advertisement appeared
Ans : Times of India (1896)
*First film with a single actor
Ans : Yaadein (Sunil Dutt)
*The actress who played the role of Phulan Devi in her Biopic "Bandit Queen"
Ans : Seema Bishwas (Directed by Shekhar Kapoor)
*First Musician in the Indian sub continent to be in contract with Sony music
Ans : A.R. Rahman
*The person known as the 'Mozart of Madras'
Ans : A.R. Rahman
*Indian Film Finance Corporation was formed in
Ans : 1960

DADA SAHEB PHALKE AWARD

*India's highest award in cinema
Ans : The Dadasaheb Phalke Award 
*Dadasaheb Phalke Award was instituted in 
Ans : 1969
*The First Recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Ans : Devika Rani (1969)
*The person known as the first lady of Indian cinema
Ans : Devika Rani
*The award comprises a Swarna kamal and a cash prize of 10 lakh
*The only Malayalee recipient of Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Ans : Adoor Gopala Krishnan
*First Tagore award given by the Govt, of India was won by
Ans : Pandit Ravi Shankar
*International film festival conducted by the Children's Film Society of India (CFSI) is known as
Ans : The Golden Elephant

SATYAJIT RAY

*First Film Pather
Ans : Panchali (1955)
*Pather Panchali won the best human document award at
Ans : Cannes Film Festival (1956)
*Apu's Triology of Satyajit Ray consists of three films namely
Ans : Pather Panchali, Aparajito (1956) and Apur Sansar (1959)
*Satyajith Ray won Bharath Ratna in 
Ans : 1992
*The second film personality after Chaplin to have been awarded honourary Doctorate by the Oxford University
Ans : Satyajith Ray
*Satyajith Ray won the honourary OSCAR in 
Ans : 1992
*Satyajith Ray Film & Television Institute is in 
Ans : Kolkata
*The book 'Our Films Their Films' is authored by
Ans : Satyajith Ray 
*Last Film : Agantuk 
*The music of Pather Panjali was done by 
Ans : Pandit Ravi Shankar

INTER NATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA (IFFI)

*Founded in
Ans : 1952 at Mumbai  
*IFFI's Permanent venue is at 
Ans : Goa
*The Festival is conducted jointly by the Ministry information and
Ans : Broadcasting Directorate of film festivals and the Government of Goa
*IFFI was inaugurated by
Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru (1952)
*UNESCO Fellini Medal was awarded for the first time at IFFI in
Ans : 2015 
*First Indian movie to feature an all Female Cast
Ans : Bindhaast (A Marathi film directed by Chandrakanth Kulkarni)
*First Indian actor to be honoured by the US postal service with a postal stamp
Ans : Akkineni Nageshwara Rao
*The Controversial Punjabi film about the assassination of Indira Gandhi
Ans : Kaum De Heere (Directed by Ravinder Ravi)
*Movie based on Mumbai Terrorist Attack
Ans : Taj Mahal ( Directed by Nicolas Saada)
*The institution established for funding and encouraging good film making
Ans : National Film Development Corporation
*National Film Development Corporation was formed in
Ans : 1975
*Headquarters of National Film Development Corporation
Ans : Mumbai
*Film actors who later became Chief  Ministers
Ans : M.G.R. & N.T. Rama Rao
*First actress to become the Chief Minister j of a state
Ans : Jayalalitha
*First Female to act in Indian Cinema 
Ans : Mandakini
*Female director who holds the record for directing most number of films
Ans : Vijaya (Nirmala)
*The actor who was honoured with the Chevalier title by French Government
Ans : Shivaji Ganeshan (1995)
*First film actor to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha
Ans : Prithviraj Kapoor

NARGIS DUTT

 
*First Indian actress who got Padmashri 
Ans : Nargis Dutt  
*First Indian actress to appear on a postal stamp
Ans : Nargis Dutt  
*The award which is given for films that encourage National integrity
Ans : Nargis Dutt award
*First Indian Actress to be nominated to the Rajya sabha
Ans : Nargis Dutt

NATIONAL AWARDS

*National Film award is presented by the
Ans : Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Directorate of Film Festival
*National Film Awards are presented at the
Ans : Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi by the President of India
*First National Film award was Presented on
Ans : October 10,1954 by Dr. Rajendra Prasad
*Best Feature Film at the first National awards was
Ans : Shyamchi Aai
*The film which holds the record of the highest number of National Awards (8 awards)
Ans : Lagaan
*Best Actor/Actress Category Award was included in the year 
Ans : 1968
*Award given for the best Feature Film 
Ans : Golden Lotus
*The person to win the Best Actor honour most number of times
Ans : Amitabh Bachchan
*First south Indian actor to win National Film award for Best Actor
Ans : M.G. Ramachandran 
*The person to win most number of Best Actress awards (5 awards)
Ans : Shabana Azmi
*The person to win most number of awards for Best Screenplay (4 times)
Ans : M.T. Vasudevan Nair
*First woman to win Best Director award in 1982
Ans : Aparna Sen