The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema ; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centres producing films in regional languages.

The trend thrived best in India, where the influence of the country's traditional song-and-dance drama made the musical the basic form of most sound films ( Cook, 1990 ); virtually unnoticed by the Western world for decades, this Indian popular cinema would nevertheless become the world's most prolific.

In Hindi cinema, the Gothic tradition was combined with aspects of Indian culture, particularly reincarnation, to give rise to an " Indian Gothic " genre, beginning with the films Mahal ( 1949 ) and Madhumati ( 1958 ).

* Indian Cinematograph Committee, an Indian government committee overseeing censorship and cinema

An exception to the decline of the musical film is Indian cinema, especially the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai ( formerly Bombay ), where the majority of films have been and still are musicals.

Often cited as the best actress in the history of Indian film cinema, Dixit made her film debut in Abodh ( 1984 ) and received wider public recognition with Tezaab ( 1988 ).

* Tamil cinema, the Indian film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of feature films in the Tamil language

* Gita Rajan: Pliant and compliant: colonial Indian art and postcolonial cinema.

The Village was expanded in 2007, adding a controversial multi-use development that includes a cinema, a boutique hotel, retail space, offices, and a parking structure on the site of an old citrus packing plant just west of Indian Hill Boulevard.

Aamir Hussain Khan () ( born 14 March 1965 ) is an Indian film actor, director, and producer who has established himself as one of the leading actors of Hindi cinema.

Kamal Haasan ( born 7 November 1954 ) is an Indian film actor, screenwriter, producer and director, considered to be one of the leading method actors of Indian cinema.

In 1990, he was awarded the Padma Shri for his contributions to Indian cinema.

In 2009, he became one of very few Indian actors to have completed 50 years in cinema.

Marudhanayagam had been speculated to be the biggest and most expensive film in Indian cinema with a number of high profile actors technicians signing up for roles.

Following a two-year hiatus in Indian cinema, he opted against reviving his magnum opus, Marudhanayagam, and filmed his second directorial venture, Hey Ram, a period drama told in flashback with a semi-fictional plot centering around India's Partition and the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.

Mani Ratnam ( born Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam on 2 June 1956 ) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, predominantly working in Tamil cinema, based in Chennai, India.

He is widely regarded as one of the leading directors in Indian cinema.

Ratnam is widely credited with having revolutionised the Tamil film industry and altering the profile of Indian cinema.

It became highly popular, gaining an iconic status in Indian cinema and was dubbed into other languages and met similar success in other regions.

Ratnam is highly credited for having revolutionized the Tamil film industry and altering the profile of Indian cinema.

The Cinema of Kerala ( also known as Malayalam cinema, the Malayalam film industry ) is a part of Indian cinema, where motion pictures are produced in the Indian state of Kerala in the Malayalam language.

He served in that role for more than five years, making six tours, and traveling more than annually on the Indian frontier of Texas.

While there are ancient relations between the Indian Vedas and the Iranian Avesta, the two main families of the Indo-Iranian philosophical traditions were characterized by fundamental differences in their implications for the human being's position in society and their view on the role of man in the universe.

Historians acknowledge his protection of popular democracy and individual liberty for United States citizens, and criticize him for his support for slavery and for his role in Indian removal.

In the Indian subcontinent, cavalry played a major role from the Gupta Dynasty ( 320-600 ) period onwards.

In the Middle East, during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign mounted forces ( British, Indian, Ottoman, Australian, Arab and New Zealand ) retained an important strategic role both as mounted infantry and cavalry.

Chakras play an important role in the main surviving branch of Indian Vajrayana, Tibetan Buddhism.

In September 2010, Barrymore was confirmed to play the role of Ganga in the Indian Bollywood film The Lifestyle – In Generation Next to be directed by Santosh Kumar Jain, to be released in 2012.

Dicing is mentioned as an Indian game in the Rigveda, Atharvaveda and Buddha games list ; it also plays a critical role in the great Hindu epic Mahabharata, where Yudhisthira plays a game of dice against the Kauravas for the northern kingdom of Hastinapura, which becomes the trigger for a war.

This included the complete loss of his library containing books, documents and letters which documented his role in the Mormon War, Indian affairs, pro-slavery activities, Civil War activities and other legslation covering his career as a lawyer, senator and soldier.

This was a concept which played a central role in the development of Taguchi methods by Genichi Taguchi, which took place during his visit to Indian Statistical Institute in early 1950s.

The small directorate of Naval Intelligence ( while the headquarters and personnel, facilities, and directions were coordinated by West ) had vital role in directing special and reconnaissance missions, and intelligence gathering, also was charged with taking reasonable actions to slow down the Indian threat.

Hoover supported Rhoads ' commitment to Indian assimilation and sought to minimize the federal role in Indian affairs.

As with any other democracy, political parties represent different sections among the Indian society and regions, and their core values play a major role in the politics of India.

In an address to the Indian parliament, Kaifu stressed the role of free markets and democracy in bringing about " a new international order ," and he emphasized the need for a settlement of the Kashmir territorial dispute between India and Pakistan and for economic liberalization to attract foreign investment and promote dynamic growth.

Nehru played a leading role in the development of the internationalist outlook of the Indian freedom struggle.

The body would play an important role during the political integration of India, helping Indian leaders Vallabhbhai Patel and V. K.

The role of Nehru, both as Indian Prime Minister and a leader of the Non Aligned Movement was significant ; he tried to be even-handed between the two sides, while denouncing Eden and co-sponsors of the aggression vigorously.

Amidst India's growing role in Liberia, the Liberian Minister of Mines and Energy, Dr. Eugene Shannon visited India in October 2005 to participate in the Confederation of Indian Industry-Africa Conclave.

He also feels guilty, due to his own role, that led to this war, destructive to the entire Indian subcontinent.

Because there were usually few British regulars garrisoned in North America, colonial militia served a vital role in local conflicts, particularly in the French and Indian Wars.

Our role as the primary prosecutor of serious crimes makes our responsibility to citizens in Indian Country unique and mandatory.

Country's mangrove ecosystem which spans over 7, 000 hectares, played a vital role in buffering the force in the waves of 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

He has also worked in front of the camera in The Stand as a dimwitted hitman, John Carpenter's Body Bags as a gas station attendant, and Indian Summer in what is perhaps his biggest role as a bumbling assistant to Alan Arkin.

It was in fact directed by Vincenzo Leone, father of Sergio Leone, and starred his mother Bice Walerian in the title role as Indian princess fatale.