First
on
screen
kiss:
Devika
Rani
kissing
Himanshu
Rai
in
a
still
from
Karma
Star
Devika
Rani,
who
belonged
to
an
affluent
family,
left
orthodox
Indian
viewers
shocked
when
she
locked
lips
with
her
real
life
spouse
in
the
film
Karma
released
in
1933.
In
fact,
the
scene
lasted
for
four
minutes
and
happens
to
be
one
of
the
longest
kissing
scenes
on
Indian
screen.
First
colour
film:
Moti
B
Gidvani’s
Kisan
Kanya
While
Kisan
Kanya
which
released
in
1937
is
India's
first
colour
film
to
have
been
produced,
Mughal-e-Azam
was
in
news
because
Asif
filmed
one
reel
in
technicolor. Kisan
Kanya,
which
was
directed
by
Moti
B
Gidvani
and
produced
by
Ardeshir
Irani,
it
was
the
first
Indian
color
filmto
be
made
entirely
in
India.
First
Indian
film
which
was
nominated
for
an
Oscar:
Mother
India
This
cult
film
released
in
1957
is
perhaps
one
of
the
classic
films
of
all
times.
Nargis
played
the
epitome
of
motherhood
while
Rajendra
Kumar
and
Sunil
Dutt
played
her
devoted
sons.
Directed,
produced
and
written
by
Mehboob
Khan,
‘Mother
India'
looked
like
a
live
painting.
It's
a
story
of
a
mother
who
fights
all
odds
to
raise
her
children
and
setup
a
prosperous
and
a
progressive
village.
First
Indian
woman
to
win
an
Oscar:
Bhanu
Athaiya
Bhanu
Athaiya,
the
first
Indian
woman
to
bag
an
Oscar,
is
Indian
cinema's
most
respected
costume
designer.
With
over
100
films,
since
1950s
to
her
credit,
Bhanu
Athaiya
has
worked
with
popular
filmmakers
-
Guru
Dutt,
Yash
Chopra,
Raj
Kapoor,
Ashutosh
Gowarikar,
Conrad
Rooks
and
Richard
Attenborough.
She
was
given
the
Academy
Award
for
Costume
Design
(The
Oscar),
for
her
work
in
1982
film,
Gandhi.
She
also
bagged
two
National
Film
Awards
in
1991
and
2002.
First
and
only
actor
to
win
Best
Actress
award:
Nirmal
Pandey
(Daayra)
Nirmal
Pandey's
powerful
portrayal
of
a
transvestite
in
Amol
Palekar's
Daayra
(1996)
fetched
him
a
Best
Actress
award,
which
he
shared
with
female
lead
Sonali
Kulkarni,
at
the
Valenciennes
Film
Festival
in
France
in
1997.
First
woman
producer
and
director:
Fatma
Begum
Early
Indian
cinema
was
dominated
by
men,
and
women
were
considered
only
for
roles
in
front
of
the
camera.
But
in
1926,
actress
Fatma
Begum
became
the
first
woman
to
take
an
important
role
behind
the
camera
by
establishing
her
own
production
company,
Fatima
films,
and
directing
Bulbul-e-Parastan.
First
Dolby
sound
film:
1942
-
A
Love
Story
Vidhu
Vinod
Chopra's
1942-
A
Love
Story
(1994)
was
music
maestro
R
D
Burman's
swan
song.
The
movie
was
also
a
stepping
stone
to
advanced
sound
engineering
with
the
introduction
of
Dolby
sound.
First
technicolour
film:
Jhansi
ki
Rani
Director
and
producer
Sohrab
Modi
flew
in
technicians
from
Hollywood
to
execute
the
first
technicolour
film
Jhansi
Ki
Rani
(1953)
featuring
Mehtab.
Despite
its
stirring
performance
and
appealing
shots,
the
movie
failed
to
make
a
mark
on
the
box
office.
First
double
role:
Lanka
Dahan
Dadasaheb
Phalke
cast
Anna
Salunke,
the
actor
who
played
Rani
Taramati
in
Raja
Harishchandra,
in
a
double
role
in
Lanka
Dahan.
Anna
Salunke
played
both
Ram
and
Sita
in
the
movie.
It
is
said
that
when
the
film
was
screened
in
Mumbai,
people
took
their
shoes
off
when
Lord
Rama's
character
appeared
on
the
screen.
First
English
song:
Now
The
Moon
Her
Light
Has
Shed
from
Karma
Amongst
its
many
breakthrough
achievements,
the
1933
movie
Karma
was
the
first
Indian
movie
to
have
an
English
song
sung
by
its
actress
Devika
Rani.
First
Bollywood
actress
to
don
a
bikini:
Sharmila
Tagore
Sharmila
Tagore
was
the
first
Indian
actress
to
wear
a
bikini
in
the
Movie
"An
Evening
in
Paris"
in
1967.Later
she
also
posed
in
bikini
for
a
FilmFare
Magazine.
First
animation
film:
Lafanga
Langoor
Animation
movies
may
still
have
miles
to
go
but
the
first
experiment
with
the
genre
was
by
German
photographer
Bocho
Gutachwager
in
1931
who
produced
the
country's
first
animation
film
Lafanga
Langoor.
First
film
insured:
Taal
Almost
85
years
after
the
first
film
released,
the
film
industry
addressed
the
demand
for
risk
cover
against
any
mishap
prior
to
the
release
of
the
film.
Director
and
producer
Subhash
Ghai
began
the
trend
when
he
had
his
film
Taal
insured
for
a
sum
of
Rs
110
million
in
1998.
First
3D
movie
in
India:
My
Dear
Kuttichathan
The
first
Indian
3D
movie
My
Dear
Kuttichathan,
which
released
27
years
ago
and
was
later
dubbed
in
Hindi
as
Chhota
Chetan
in
its
digitalised
version
with
some
new
characters.