number of movies released in india every year
Cinema of India The cinema of India also known by its sobriquet Indywood [7] consists of films produced across India.[8] Cinema has immense popularity in the country. As many as 1,600 films in various languages of India are produced every year.[3][9] Indian films have also wide following throughout the rest of South Asia and it is even available in mainstream cinemas in parts of the Greater Middle East, Southeast Asia, Eastern Africa and elsewhere. Dadasaheb Phalke is known as the "father of Indian cinema".[10][11][12][13] The Dadasaheb Phalke Award, for lifetime contribution to cinema, was instituted in his honour, by the Government of India in 1969, and is the most prestigious and coveted award in Indian cinema.[14]