Bollywood,
one
of
the
largest
film
production
centres
in
the
world,
turned
hundred
this
year
(2012).
To
mark
this
historic
occasion,
www.indiavideo.org
has
launched
a
year-long
celebration
which
will
take
the
viewers
to
the
key
moments
in
the
momentous
journey
of
Hindi
Cinema.
The
project
is
supported
by
Culture
Shoppe,
an
online
cultural
gift
shop,
and
Mulamoottil
Eye
Hospital,
a
leading
super
specialty
eye
hospital.
The
special
centenary
gallery
on
the
website
and
its
YouTube
channel
has
already
become
a
big
hit
among
Bollywood
fans
spread
across
the
world.
As
part
of
the
centenary
fete,
www.indiavideo.org
is
featuring
365
movies
carefully
chosen
to
represent
the
history
of
Bollywood.
Here
you
could
watch
some
all-time
hit
movies,
some
trend
setters
in
story
telling
and
techniques,
movies
through
which
some
ordinary
men
and
women
rose
to
stardom
and
many
more.
Clippings
of
the
selected
movies
are
presented
along
with
a
brief
talk
on
the
specialties
and
historical
aspects
of
the
film.
The
nearly
two-minute
movie
will
have
the
best
moments
in
a
film.
The
movies
were
chosen
by
researcher
and
indiavideo
columnist
Vijay
Kumar
Balakrishnan
who
has
been
exploring
Bollywood
for
the
past
40
years.
He
is
also
an
avid
collector
of
Bollywood
posters,
gramophone
records,
song
books,
vintage
films,
etc.
Eminent
Kathak
dancer
and
social
activist
Pali
Chandra
is
the
anchor.
"From
Dadasaheb
Phalke,
V
Shantaram,
Himanshu
Rai,
Vijay
Bhatt,
Fateh
Lal,
Sohrab
Modi,
Damle,
Bimal
Roy,
Mehboob
Khan,
Raj
Kapoor
to
GP
Sippy,
Mahesh
Bhatt,
Shekhar
Kapur,
Mira
Nair,
Aamir
Khan,
Ram
Gopal
Varma
and
Karan
Johar,
the
gallery
will
introduce
personalities
who
influenced
the
industry
from
time
to
time," says
Vijay
Kumar
Balakrishnan.
"It
has
rare
and
exclusive
visuals
of
old
films
like
Raja
Harishchandra,
Ayodhya
ka
Raja,
Pukar,
Kapal
Kundala,
Izzat,
Doctor,
Maya
Machindra
and
the
like,"
he
adds.
The
Bollywood
centenary
gallery
of
www.indiavideo.org
is
perhaps
the
first
of
its
kind
online
project
to
preserve
the
history
of
a
film
genre.
Visitors
are
offered
free
access
to
the
gallery,
which
is
a
useful
resource
for
academicians
and
researchers.