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The 30s and The 40s

Era of 30s and 40s in Indian CinemaAfter Indian Cinema started talking Mumbai inadvertently became the hub of the Indian film industry having a number of self-contained production units. The adolescent Indian film industry was characterized with light hearted movies like Madhuri (1932), Indira,M A (1934), Anarkali (1935), Miss Frontier Mail (1936), and Punjab Mail (1939). In 1943 the Hindi Film industry saw its biggest hit in the Ashok Kumar-Devika Rana starrer Kismet.The forties saw the emergence of an ambitious and innovative filmmaker, V Shantaram His films like Ayodhya ka Raja (1932) and Admi (1939), distinguished him as a filmmaker with a distinct style and social concern. His films generated wide discussion and debate he consciously dealt with topical issues like cast system, religious bigotry and women's rights.
Shantaram films are the perfect specimens of the films of this period like most films of this decade they dealt with social issue. He opposed the senseless violence of Hindu rituals in Amrit Manthan , and in Dharmatama (1935) he dealt with Brahmanical orthodoxy and cast system. The regional film industry also thrived in this period. The popular Madan Theatres of Calcutta produced musicals like Shirin Farhad and Laila Majnu (1931). These vibrant films were replete with songs had a tremendous impact on the audience. One can attribute the unshakable hold of songs on our films to these trendsetters. The emergence of playback singing in this period saw the birth of luminaries like K.L. Saigal who can be called the first Indian Superstar.
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