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[[File: kanchenjunga2.jpg|Kanchanjungha/ Bengali|frame|500px]]
[[File: Liludi Dharti (1968).jpg|Liludi Dharti (1968) Gujarati|frame|500px]]
[[File: Amarashilpi Jakanachari.jpg| Amarashilpi Jakanachari/ Kannada|frame|500px]]
[[File: Kandam Becha Coat.jpg| Kandam Becha Coat/ Malayalam |frame|left|500px]]
[[File: Sairandhri (1933).jpg| Sairandhri (1933) Marathi|frame|500px]]
[[File: Gapa Helevi Sata (1976).jpg| Gapa Helevi Sata (1976) Oriya|frame|500px]]
[[File: Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai.jpg|Vimi in Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai: good Eastmancolor prints of the 1960s, too, have great colours. Indian colour laboratories started started operating in the 1970s, and Indian Eastmancolor of the 1970s and even 1980s is so, well, different. / Punjabi |frame|500px]]
[[File: Alibabavum Narpadhu Thirudargalum.jpg| Alibabavum Narpadhu Thirudargalum/ Tamil: Compare the fading of GevaColor with the Techni- or even Eastman- color pictures on this page|frame|left|500px]]
[[File: Nadodi Mannan.jpg| Nadodi Mannan (Tamil/ 1958) included a colour sequence. |frame|500px]]
[[File: Veerapandiya Kattabomman.jpg| Parthiban (playing W. C. Jackson,left) and Sivaji Ganesan (as Kattabomman,right). Veerapandiya Kattabomman (1959) was the first, not second, Tamil film in Technicolor|frame|500px]]
[[File: Kadhalikka Neramillai2.jpg|Kadhalikka Neramillai (1964) was the first Tamil film in Eastmancolor|frame|left|500px]]
[[File: Lavakusa.jpg|Lavakusa (1963/Telugu)|frame|500px]]
[[File: Eenadu (1982).jpg|Eenadu (1982) Telugu|frame|left|500px]]
India was the sixth country to have produced a colour film; at most seventh, if firmer dates about the first Soviet colour film indicate otherwise.
==Assamese==
Shakuntala (1961/ dir: Dr. Bhupen Hazarika) was the first Assamese feature film with some sequences in colour.
The first colour film was Kamal Narayan Choudhury's Bhaity (1972).
'Ajali Nabou' (1980), directed by Nip Baruah, was the first Assamese film in Eastmancolour.
(No colour photographs are available in public from any of the three films. The article [[Assamese cinema]] has a B&W still from Shakuntala, though. Can any reader help?)
==Bengali==
Kanchanjangha (Bengali: কাঞ্চনজঙ্ঘা Kanchonjônggha) (1962) written and directed by Satyajit Ray is arguably the first colour film in Bengali, Indian or East Pakistani. It was in Eastmancolour, which is more fragile than Technicolor. By the 1970s all complete colour prints of the film were lost and an international effort got together portions of the film available around them world, edited them together into a whole and restored the faded colours.
==Gujarati==
First Gujarat colour film: Liludi Dharti (1968).
Director: Vallabh Chokshi
==Bhojpuri==
Bhojpuri:first colour movie, Dangal (1977), starring Sujit Kumar and Prema Narayan.
==Hindi-Urdu==
See the main entry [[Colour films in Hindi-Urdu]]
Prabhat Film Company's‘Sairandhri' (1933/ Hindi and Marathi versions/ dir: V. Shantaram) was the Indian first film to be shot in colour. However, the prints that were screened were in monochrome, apparently because of shoddy processing in Germany.
Ardersher Irani established India's first colour film processing studio in Bombay in 1937.
Kisan Kanya (lit: the peasant girl; 1937/ Dir: Moti B. Gidvani; prod. Ardeshir Irani) was arguably the first colour film in Hindi-Urdu, of India and of South Asia.
==Kannada==
‘Stree Ratna' (Kannada-1954) had some sequences in colour.
The first full-length colour film in Kannada, Amarashilpi Jakanachar [Jaggannachari], was released in 1964
==Malayalam==
[[File: Chemmeen2.jpg| Chemmeen|frame|500px]]
‘Jeevitha Nauka' (1951) had one sequence in colour.
The first full-length Malayalam colour film was ''Kandam Vecha Coat'' (1961/ dir: T. R. Sundaram). It was produced by Modern Theatres, which had made the first Malayalam ‘talkie’ ''Balan'' (1938).
According to B. Vijayakumar, ''Kandam Vecha Coat'' was in Eastman colour and ‘was probably the first Malayalam film to use a movie trailer for the marketing of the film.’ [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/oldisgold/article2604929.ece (TheHindu, November 7, 2011)]
Pakshiraja Studios’ ''Sabarimala Sree Ayyappan,'' (Gevacolor/1961), a mythological film, followed a few months later.
Udaya Studios’ ''Bharya'' (1962), ''Kadalamma'' (1963), ''Shakuntala'' (1965) and ''Pearl View'' (1970), some films from other studios, had a few sequences in colour.
Chemmeen (1965), in full-length Eastmancolor, was a critical and commercial success. With music by Salil Chaudhary its songs were popular all over India. It won the President of India's Gold Medal for the best feature film in India.
The full-length colour films that followed were ‘Kallichellamma' (1969), ‘Nadhi,' ‘Kumaraambhavam' (1969), 'Triveni' (1970), ‘Karakanakkadal' (1971), ‘Panitheeratha Veedu' (1972), ‘Nakhangal' (1973), ‘Chattakkari,' and ‘Nellu' (1974).
==Manipuri==
Langlen Thadoi (1984) by MA Singh (Maibam Amuthoi Singh) is the first colour feature film in Manipur produced by K.P Films International in 1984
(No photograph available. Can any reader help?)
==Marathi==
Sairandhri (1933), processed and printed in Germany; would have been the first colour film in Marathi, and also India's first colour film. However, its processing was not successful.
So, the question is, which was the second colour film in Marathi, because Sairandhri’s final, released print was not in colour.
==Odiya/ Oriya==
The first Oriya Colour Movie was "Gapa Helevi Sata" (1976) though 'Samaya' (1975) was partially coloured).
==Punjabi==
===Indian Punjabi===
Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai (Punjabi: ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮ ਜਹਾਜ਼ ਹੈ), a 1969 National Award winning Punjabi film directed by Ram Maheshwary, was the first Indian colour film in Punjabi.
==Tamil==
'''Haridas''' (Tamil-1944) and '''Naam Iruvar''' (Tamil-1947) had some sequences in colour.
The first Tamil film ‘entirely in colour’ was ''' Alibabavum Narpadhu Thirudargalum'''-1956 (Geva Color)
'''Veerapandiya Kattabomman '''(1959) is said to be the second Tamil film to be shot in Technicolor; it was, like other Indian Technicolor films before and after, printed in London.
Which was the first? Well, '''Nadodi Mannan''' (1958) had a colour (reportedly Technicolor) sequence set on a tropical island.Its first half was in B/W but the second half in colour - in GevaColor. Therefore,Veerapandiya Kattabomman (1959) was the first Tamil film in Technicolor.
The first Eastmancolor movie in Tamil was the cheerful comedy '''Kathalikka Neramillai''' (We don't have any time for love; I1964), a hit.
==Telugu==
First ‘entirely in colour’ film Lavakusa (1963/ GevaColor).
First Eastmancolor film Eenadu (1982)
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==See also==
[[CinemaScope films in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka]] I.e. the first part of this article
[[70mm films in India/ South Asia ]]
[[Cinerama theatres in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka]]
[[3D films in South Asia ]]
[[Colour films in South Asia]]
[[Colour films in India]]
[[Colour films in Hindi-Urdu]]
[[Category:India|C]]
[[Category:Cinema-Tv-Pop|C]]
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[[File: kanchenjunga2.jpg|Kanchanjungha/ Bengali|frame|500px]]
[[File: Liludi Dharti (1968).jpg|Liludi Dharti (1968) Gujarati|frame|500px]]
[[File: Amarashilpi Jakanachari.jpg| Amarashilpi Jakanachari/ Kannada|frame|500px]]
[[File: Kandam Becha Coat.jpg| Kandam Becha Coat/ Malayalam |frame|left|500px]]
[[File: Sairandhri (1933).jpg| Sairandhri (1933) Marathi|frame|500px]]
[[File: Gapa Helevi Sata (1976).jpg| Gapa Helevi Sata (1976) Oriya|frame|500px]]
[[File: Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai.jpg|Vimi in Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai: good Eastmancolor prints of the 1960s, too, have great colours. Indian colour laboratories started started operating in the 1970s, and Indian Eastmancolor of the 1970s and even 1980s is so, well, different. / Punjabi |frame|500px]]
[[File: Alibabavum Narpadhu Thirudargalum.jpg| Alibabavum Narpadhu Thirudargalum/ Tamil: Compare the fading of GevaColor with the Techni- or even Eastman- color pictures on this page|frame|left|500px]]
[[File: Nadodi Mannan.jpg| Nadodi Mannan (Tamil/ 1958) included a colour sequence. |frame|500px]]
[[File: Veerapandiya Kattabomman.jpg| Parthiban (playing W. C. Jackson,left) and Sivaji Ganesan (as Kattabomman,right). Veerapandiya Kattabomman (1959) was the first, not second, Tamil film in Technicolor|frame|500px]]
[[File: Kadhalikka Neramillai2.jpg|Kadhalikka Neramillai (1964) was the first Tamil film in Eastmancolor|frame|left|500px]]
[[File: Lavakusa.jpg|Lavakusa (1963/Telugu)|frame|500px]]
[[File: Eenadu (1982).jpg|Eenadu (1982) Telugu|frame|left|500px]]
India was the sixth country to have produced a colour film; at most seventh, if firmer dates about the first Soviet colour film indicate otherwise.
==Assamese==
Shakuntala (1961/ dir: Dr. Bhupen Hazarika) was the first Assamese feature film with some sequences in colour.
The first colour film was Kamal Narayan Choudhury's Bhaity (1972).
'Ajali Nabou' (1980), directed by Nip Baruah, was the first Assamese film in Eastmancolour.
(No colour photographs are available in public from any of the three films. The article [[Assamese cinema]] has a B&W still from Shakuntala, though. Can any reader help?)
==Bengali==
Kanchanjangha (Bengali: কাঞ্চনজঙ্ঘা Kanchonjônggha) (1962) written and directed by Satyajit Ray is arguably the first colour film in Bengali, Indian or East Pakistani. It was in Eastmancolour, which is more fragile than Technicolor. By the 1970s all complete colour prints of the film were lost and an international effort got together portions of the film available around them world, edited them together into a whole and restored the faded colours.
==Gujarati==
First Gujarat colour film: Liludi Dharti (1968).
Director: Vallabh Chokshi
==Hindi-Urdu==
See the main entry [[Colour films in Hindi-Urdu]]
Prabhat Film Company's‘Sairandhri' (1933/ Hindi and Marathi versions/ dir: V. Shantaram) was the Indian first film to be shot in colour. However, the prints that were screened were in monochrome, apparently because of shoddy processing in Germany.
Ardersher Irani established India's first colour film processing studio in Bombay in 1937.
Kisan Kanya (lit: the peasant girl; 1937/ Dir: Moti B. Gidvani; prod. Ardeshir Irani) was arguably the first colour film in Hindi-Urdu, of India and of South Asia.
==Kannada==
‘Stree Ratna' (Kannada-1954) had some sequences in colour.
The first full-length colour film in Kannada, Amarashilpi Jakanachar [Jaggannachari], was released in 1964
==Malayalam==
[[File: Chemmeen2.jpg| Chemmeen|frame|500px]]
‘Jeevitha Nauka' (1951) had one sequence in colour.
The first full-length Malayalam colour film was ''Kandam Vecha Coat'' (1961/ dir: T. R. Sundaram). It was produced by Modern Theatres, which had made the first Malayalam ‘talkie’ ''Balan'' (1938).
According to B. Vijayakumar, ''Kandam Vecha Coat'' was in Eastman colour and ‘was probably the first Malayalam film to use a movie trailer for the marketing of the film.’ [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/oldisgold/article2604929.ece (TheHindu, November 7, 2011)]
Pakshiraja Studios’ ''Sabarimala Sree Ayyappan,'' (Gevacolor/1961), a mythological film, followed a few months later.
Udaya Studios’ ''Bharya'' (1962), ''Kadalamma'' (1963), ''Shakuntala'' (1965) and ''Pearl View'' (1970), some films from other studios, had a few sequences in colour.
Chemmeen (1965), in full-length Eastmancolor, was a critical and commercial success. With music by Salil Chaudhary its songs were popular all over India. It won the President of India's Gold Medal for the best feature film in India.
The full-length colour films that followed were ‘Kallichellamma' (1969), ‘Nadhi,' ‘Kumaraambhavam' (1969), 'Triveni' (1970), ‘Karakanakkadal' (1971), ‘Panitheeratha Veedu' (1972), ‘Nakhangal' (1973), ‘Chattakkari,' and ‘Nellu' (1974).
==Manipuri==
Langlen Thadoi (1984) by MA Singh (Maibam Amuthoi Singh) is the first colour feature film in Manipur produced by K.P Films International in 1984
(No photograph available. Can any reader help?)
==Marathi==
Sairandhri (1933), processed and printed in Germany; would have been the first colour film in Marathi, and also India's first colour film. However, its processing was not successful.
So, the question is, which was the second colour film in Marathi, because Sairandhri’s final, released print was not in colour.
==Odiya/ Oriya==
The first Oriya Colour Movie was "Gapa Helevi Sata" (1976) though 'Samaya' (1975) was partially coloured).
==Punjabi==
===Indian Punjabi===
Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai (Punjabi: ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮ ਜਹਾਜ਼ ਹੈ), a 1969 National Award winning Punjabi film directed by Ram Maheshwary, was the first Indian colour film in Punjabi.
==Tamil==
'''Haridas''' (Tamil-1944) and '''Naam Iruvar''' (Tamil-1947) had some sequences in colour.
The first Tamil film ‘entirely in colour’ was ''' Alibabavum Narpadhu Thirudargalum'''-1956 (Geva Color)
'''Veerapandiya Kattabomman '''(1959) is said to be the second Tamil film to be shot in Technicolor; it was, like other Indian Technicolor films before and after, printed in London.
Which was the first? Well, '''Nadodi Mannan''' (1958) had a colour (reportedly Technicolor) sequence set on a tropical island.Its first half was in B/W but the second half in colour - in GevaColor. Therefore,Veerapandiya Kattabomman (1959) was the first Tamil film in Technicolor.
The first Eastmancolor movie in Tamil was the cheerful comedy '''Kathalikka Neramillai''' (We don't have any time for love; I1964), a hit.
==Telugu==
First ‘entirely in colour’ film Lavakusa (1963/ GevaColor).
First Eastmancolor film Eenadu (1982)
-----------------
==See also==
[[CinemaScope films in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka]] I.e. the first part of this article
[[70mm films in India/ South Asia ]]
[[Cinerama theatres in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka]]
[[3D films in South Asia ]]
[[Colour films in South Asia]]
[[Colour films in India]]
[[Colour films in Hindi-Urdu]]
[[Category:India|C]]
[[Category:Cinema-Tv-Pop|C]]
[[Category:Cinema-TV-Pop|C]] |
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First Gujarat colour film: Liludi Dharti (1968).
Director: Vallabh Chokshi
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<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:482px;"><a href="/ind/index.php/File:Kanchenjunga2.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/ind/images/5/5c/Kanchenjunga2.jpg" width="480" height="360" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption">Kanchanjungha/ Bengali</div></div></div>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:482px;"><a href="/ind/index.php/File:Liludi_Dharti_(1968).jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/ind/images/c/cf/Liludi_Dharti_%281968%29.jpg" width="480" height="360" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption">Liludi Dharti (1968) Gujarati</div></div></div>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:502px;"><a href="/ind/index.php/File:Amarashilpi_Jakanachari.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/ind/images/f/f1/Amarashilpi_Jakanachari.jpg" width="500" height="500" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption">Amarashilpi Jakanachari/ Kannada</div></div></div>
<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:482px;"><a href="/ind/index.php/File:Kandam_Becha_Coat.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/ind/images/1/17/Kandam_Becha_Coat.jpg" width="480" height="360" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption">Kandam Becha Coat/ Malayalam</div></div></div>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:147px;"><a href="/ind/index.php/File:Sairandhri_(1933).jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/ind/images/6/66/Sairandhri_%281933%29.jpg" width="145" height="200" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption">Sairandhri (1933) Marathi</div></div></div>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:442px;"><a href="/ind/index.php/File:Gapa_Helevi_Sata_(1976).jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/ind/images/8/80/Gapa_Helevi_Sata_%281976%29.jpg" width="440" height="360" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption">Gapa Helevi Sata (1976) Oriya</div></div></div>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:261px;"><a href="/ind/index.php/File:Nanak_Nam_Jahaz_Hai.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/ind/images/2/29/Nanak_Nam_Jahaz_Hai.jpg" width="259" height="194" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption">Vimi in Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai: good Eastmancolor prints of the 1960s, too, have great colours. Indian colour laboratories started started operating in the 1970s, and Indian Eastmancolor of the 1970s and even 1980s is so, well, different. / Punjabi</div></div></div>
<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:482px;"><a href="/ind/index.php/File:Alibabavum_Narpadhu_Thirudargalum.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/ind/images/4/4a/Alibabavum_Narpadhu_Thirudargalum.jpg" width="480" height="360" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption">Alibabavum Narpadhu Thirudargalum/ Tamil: Compare the fading of GevaColor with the Techni- or even Eastman- color pictures on this page</div></div></div>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:482px;"><a href="/ind/index.php/File:Nadodi_Mannan.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/ind/images/9/9e/Nadodi_Mannan.jpg" width="480" height="360" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption">Nadodi Mannan (Tamil/ 1958) included a colour sequence.</div></div></div>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:216px;"><a href="/ind/index.php/File:Veerapandiya_Kattabomman.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/ind/images/5/54/Veerapandiya_Kattabomman.jpg" width="214" height="128" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption">Parthiban (playing W. C. Jackson,left) and Sivaji Ganesan (as Kattabomman,right). Veerapandiya Kattabomman (1959) was the first, not second, Tamil film in Technicolor</div></div></div>
<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:340px;"><a href="/ind/index.php/File:Kadhalikka_Neramillai2.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/ind/images/e/e6/Kadhalikka_Neramillai2.jpg" width="338" height="248" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption">Kadhalikka Neramillai (1964) was the first Tamil film in Eastmancolor</div></div></div>
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<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:240px;"><a href="/ind/index.php/File:Eenadu_(1982).jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/ind/images/f/fd/Eenadu_%281982%29.jpg" width="238" height="192" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption">Eenadu (1982) Telugu</div></div></div>
<p>India was the sixth country to have produced a colour film; at most seventh, if firmer dates about the first Soviet colour film indicate otherwise.
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<table id="toc" class="toc"><tr><td><div id="toctitle"><h2>Contents</h2></div>
<ul>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Assamese"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Assamese</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Bengali"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Bengali</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Gujarati"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Gujarati</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Hindi-Urdu"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Hindi-Urdu</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Kannada"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Kannada</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Malayalam"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Malayalam</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Manipuri"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Manipuri</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Marathi"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Marathi</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Odiya.2F_Oriya"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Odiya/ Oriya</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Punjabi"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Punjabi</span></a>
<ul>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Indian_Punjabi"><span class="tocnumber">10.1</span> <span class="toctext">Indian Punjabi</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#Tamil"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">Tamil</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#Telugu"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">Telugu</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">13</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li>
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<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Assamese">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Assamese">Assamese</span></h2>
<p>Shakuntala (1961/ dir: Dr. Bhupen Hazarika) was the first Assamese feature film with some sequences in colour.
</p><p>The first colour film was Kamal Narayan Choudhury's Bhaity (1972).
</p><p>'Ajali Nabou' (1980), directed by Nip Baruah, was the first Assamese film in Eastmancolour.
</p><p>(No colour photographs are available in public from any of the three films. The article <a href="/ind/index.php/Assamese_cinema" title="Assamese cinema">Assamese cinema</a> has a B&W still from Shakuntala, though. Can any reader help?)
</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Bengali">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Bengali">Bengali</span></h2>
<p>Kanchanjangha (Bengali: কাঞ্চনজঙ্ঘা Kanchonjônggha) (1962) written and directed by Satyajit Ray is arguably the first colour film in Bengali, Indian or East Pakistani. It was in Eastmancolour, which is more fragile than Technicolor. By the 1970s all complete colour prints of the film were lost and an international effort got together portions of the film available around them world, edited them together into a whole and restored the faded colours.
</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gujarati">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Gujarati">Gujarati</span></h2>
<p>First Gujarat colour film: Liludi Dharti (1968).
</p><p>Director: Vallabh Chokshi
</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Hindi-Urdu">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Hindi-Urdu">Hindi-Urdu</span></h2>
<p>See the main entry <a href="/ind/index.php/Colour_films_in_Hindi-Urdu" title="Colour films in Hindi-Urdu">Colour films in Hindi-Urdu</a>
</p><p>Prabhat Film Company's‘Sairandhri' (1933/ Hindi and Marathi versions/ dir: V. Shantaram) was the Indian first film to be shot in colour. However, the prints that were screened were in monochrome, apparently because of shoddy processing in Germany.
</p><p>Ardersher Irani established India's first colour film processing studio in Bombay in 1937.
</p><p>Kisan Kanya (lit: the peasant girl; 1937/ Dir: Moti B. Gidvani; prod. Ardeshir Irani) was arguably the first colour film in Hindi-Urdu, of India and of South Asia.
</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Kannada">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Kannada">Kannada</span></h2>
<p>‘Stree Ratna' (Kannada-1954) had some sequences in colour.
</p><p>The first full-length colour film in Kannada, Amarashilpi Jakanachar [Jaggannachari], was released in 1964
</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Malayalam">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Malayalam">Malayalam</span></h2>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:317px;"><a href="/ind/index.php/File:Chemmeen2.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/ind/images/6/60/Chemmeen2.jpg" width="315" height="430" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption">Chemmeen</div></div></div>
<p>‘Jeevitha Nauka' (1951) had one sequence in colour.
</p><p>The first full-length Malayalam colour film was <i>Kandam Vecha Coat</i> (1961/ dir: T. R. Sundaram). It was produced by Modern Theatres, which had made the first Malayalam ‘talkie’ <i>Balan</i> (1938).
</p><p>According to B. Vijayakumar, <i>Kandam Vecha Coat</i> was in Eastman colour and ‘was probably the first Malayalam film to use a movie trailer for the marketing of the film.’ <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/oldisgold/article2604929.ece">(TheHindu, November 7, 2011)</a>
</p><p>Pakshiraja Studios’ <i>Sabarimala Sree Ayyappan,</i> (Gevacolor/1961), a mythological film, followed a few months later.
</p><p>Udaya Studios’ <i>Bharya</i> (1962), <i>Kadalamma</i> (1963), <i>Shakuntala</i> (1965) and <i>Pearl View</i> (1970), some films from other studios, had a few sequences in colour.
</p><p>Chemmeen (1965), in full-length Eastmancolor, was a critical and commercial success. With music by Salil Chaudhary its songs were popular all over India. It won the President of India's Gold Medal for the best feature film in India.
</p><p>The full-length colour films that followed were ‘Kallichellamma' (1969), ‘Nadhi,' ‘Kumaraambhavam' (1969), 'Triveni' (1970), ‘Karakanakkadal' (1971), ‘Panitheeratha Veedu' (1972), ‘Nakhangal' (1973), ‘Chattakkari,' and ‘Nellu' (1974).
</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Manipuri">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Manipuri">Manipuri</span></h2>
<p>Langlen Thadoi (1984) by MA Singh (Maibam Amuthoi Singh) is the first colour feature film in Manipur produced by K.P Films International in 1984
</p><p>(No photograph available. Can any reader help?)
</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Marathi">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Marathi">Marathi</span></h2>
<p>Sairandhri (1933), processed and printed in Germany; would have been the first colour film in Marathi, and also India's first colour film. However, its processing was not successful.
</p><p>So, the question is, which was the second colour film in Marathi, because Sairandhri’s final, released print was not in colour.
</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Odiya/ Oriya">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Odiya.2F_Oriya">Odiya/ Oriya</span></h2>
<p>The first Oriya Colour Movie was "Gapa Helevi Sata" (1976) though 'Samaya' (1975) was partially coloured).
</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Punjabi">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Punjabi">Punjabi</span></h2>
<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Indian Punjabi">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Indian_Punjabi">Indian Punjabi</span></h3>
<p>Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai (Punjabi: ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮ ਜਹਾਜ਼ ਹੈ), a 1969 National Award winning Punjabi film directed by Ram Maheshwary, was the first Indian colour film in Punjabi.
</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Tamil">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Tamil">Tamil</span></h2>
<p><b>Haridas</b> (Tamil-1944) and <b>Naam Iruvar</b> (Tamil-1947) had some sequences in colour.
</p><p>The first Tamil film ‘entirely in colour’ was <b> Alibabavum Narpadhu Thirudargalum</b>-1956 (Geva Color)
</p><p><b>Veerapandiya Kattabomman </b>(1959) is said to be the second Tamil film to be shot in Technicolor; it was, like other Indian Technicolor films before and after, printed in London.
</p><p>Which was the first? Well, <b>Nadodi Mannan</b> (1958) had a colour (reportedly Technicolor) sequence set on a tropical island.Its first half was in B/W but the second half in colour - in GevaColor. Therefore,Veerapandiya Kattabomman (1959) was the first Tamil film in Technicolor.
</p><p>The first Eastmancolor movie in Tamil was the cheerful comedy <b>Kathalikka Neramillai</b> (We don't have any time for love; I1964), a hit.
</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Telugu">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Telugu">Telugu</span></h2>
<p>First ‘entirely in colour’ film Lavakusa (1963/ GevaColor).
</p><p>First Eastmancolor film Eenadu (1982)
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<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span></h2>
<p><a href="/ind/index.php/CinemaScope_films_in_Bangladesh,_India,_Nepal,_Pakistan,_Sri_Lanka" title="CinemaScope films in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka">CinemaScope films in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka</a> I.e. the first part of this article
</p><p><a href="/ind/index.php/70mm_films_in_India/_South_Asia" title="70mm films in India/ South Asia">70mm films in India/ South Asia </a>
</p><p><a href="/ind/index.php/Cinerama_theatres_in_India,_Pakistan,_Sri_Lanka" title="Cinerama theatres in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka">Cinerama theatres in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka</a>
</p><p><a href="/ind/index.php/3D_films_in_South_Asia" title="3D films in South Asia">3D films in South Asia </a>
</p><p><a href="/ind/index.php/Colour_films_in_South_Asia" title="Colour films in South Asia">Colour films in South Asia</a>
</p><p><strong class="selflink">Colour films in India</strong>
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Kanchanjungha/ Bengali
Liludi Dharti (1968) Gujarati
Amarashilpi Jakanachari/ Kannada
Kandam Becha Coat/ Malayalam
Sairandhri (1933) Marathi
Gapa Helevi Sata (1976) Oriya
Vimi in Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai: good Eastmancolor prints of the 1960s, too, have great colours. Indian colour laboratories started started operating in the 1970s, and Indian Eastmancolor of the 1970s and even 1980s is so, well, different. / Punjabi
Alibabavum Narpadhu Thirudargalum/ Tamil: Compare the fading of GevaColor with the Techni- or even Eastman- color pictures on this page
Nadodi Mannan (Tamil/ 1958) included a colour sequence.
Parthiban (playing W. C. Jackson,left) and Sivaji Ganesan (as Kattabomman,right). Veerapandiya Kattabomman (1959) was the first, not second, Tamil film in Technicolor
Kadhalikka Neramillai (1964) was the first Tamil film in Eastmancolor
Lavakusa (1963/Telugu)
Eenadu (1982) Telugu
India was the sixth country to have produced a colour film; at most seventh, if firmer dates about the first Soviet colour film indicate otherwise.
Contents
1 Assamese
2 Bengali
3 Gujarati
4 Hindi-Urdu
5 Kannada
6 Malayalam
7 Manipuri
8 Marathi
9 Odiya/ Oriya
10 Punjabi
10.1 Indian Punjabi
11 Tamil
12 Telugu
13 See also
[edit] Assamese
Shakuntala (1961/ dir: Dr. Bhupen Hazarika) was the first Assamese feature film with some sequences in colour.
The first colour film was Kamal Narayan Choudhury's Bhaity (1972).
'Ajali Nabou' (1980), directed by Nip Baruah, was the first Assamese film in Eastmancolour.
(No colour photographs are available in public from any of the three films. The article Assamese cinema has a B&W still from Shakuntala, though. Can any reader help?)
[edit] Bengali
Kanchanjangha (Bengali: কাঞ্চনজঙ্ঘা Kanchonjônggha) (1962) written and directed by Satyajit Ray is arguably the first colour film in Bengali, Indian or East Pakistani. It was in Eastmancolour, which is more fragile than Technicolor. By the 1970s all complete colour prints of the film were lost and an international effort got together portions of the film available around them world, edited them together into a whole and restored the faded colours.
[edit] Gujarati
First Gujarat colour film: Liludi Dharti (1968).
Director: Vallabh Chokshi
[edit] Hindi-Urdu
See the main entry Colour films in Hindi-Urdu
Prabhat Film Company's‘Sairandhri' (1933/ Hindi and Marathi versions/ dir: V. Shantaram) was the Indian first film to be shot in colour. However, the prints that were screened were in monochrome, apparently because of shoddy processing in Germany.
Ardersher Irani established India's first colour film processing studio in Bombay in 1937.
Kisan Kanya (lit: the peasant girl; 1937/ Dir: Moti B. Gidvani; prod. Ardeshir Irani) was arguably the first colour film in Hindi-Urdu, of India and of South Asia.
[edit] Kannada
‘Stree Ratna' (Kannada-1954) had some sequences in colour.
The first full-length colour film in Kannada, Amarashilpi Jakanachar [Jaggannachari], was released in 1964
[edit] Malayalam
Chemmeen
‘Jeevitha Nauka' (1951) had one sequence in colour.
The first full-length Malayalam colour film was Kandam Vecha Coat (1961/ dir: T. R. Sundaram). It was produced by Modern Theatres, which had made the first Malayalam ‘talkie’ Balan (1938).
According to B. Vijayakumar, Kandam Vecha Coat was in Eastman colour and ‘was probably the first Malayalam film to use a movie trailer for the marketing of the film.’ (TheHindu, November 7, 2011)
Pakshiraja Studios’ Sabarimala Sree Ayyappan, (Gevacolor/1961), a mythological film, followed a few months later.
Udaya Studios’ Bharya (1962), Kadalamma (1963), Shakuntala (1965) and Pearl View (1970), some films from other studios, had a few sequences in colour.
Chemmeen (1965), in full-length Eastmancolor, was a critical and commercial success. With music by Salil Chaudhary its songs were popular all over India. It won the President of India's Gold Medal for the best feature film in India.
The full-length colour films that followed were ‘Kallichellamma' (1969), ‘Nadhi,' ‘Kumaraambhavam' (1969), 'Triveni' (1970), ‘Karakanakkadal' (1971), ‘Panitheeratha Veedu' (1972), ‘Nakhangal' (1973), ‘Chattakkari,' and ‘Nellu' (1974).
[edit] Manipuri
Langlen Thadoi (1984) by MA Singh (Maibam Amuthoi Singh) is the first colour feature film in Manipur produced by K.P Films International in 1984
(No photograph available. Can any reader help?)
[edit] Marathi
Sairandhri (1933), processed and printed in Germany; would have been the first colour film in Marathi, and also India's first colour film. However, its processing was not successful.
So, the question is, which was the second colour film in Marathi, because Sairandhri’s final, released print was not in colour.
[edit] Odiya/ Oriya
The first Oriya Colour Movie was "Gapa Helevi Sata" (1976) though 'Samaya' (1975) was partially coloured).
[edit] Punjabi
[edit] Indian Punjabi
Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai (Punjabi: ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮ ਜਹਾਜ਼ ਹੈ), a 1969 National Award winning Punjabi film directed by Ram Maheshwary, was the first Indian colour film in Punjabi.
[edit] Tamil
Haridas (Tamil-1944) and Naam Iruvar (Tamil-1947) had some sequences in colour.
The first Tamil film ‘entirely in colour’ was Alibabavum Narpadhu Thirudargalum-1956 (Geva Color)
Veerapandiya Kattabomman (1959) is said to be the second Tamil film to be shot in Technicolor; it was, like other Indian Technicolor films before and after, printed in London.
Which was the first? Well, Nadodi Mannan (1958) had a colour (reportedly Technicolor) sequence set on a tropical island.Its first half was in B/W but the second half in colour - in GevaColor. Therefore,Veerapandiya Kattabomman (1959) was the first Tamil film in Technicolor.
The first Eastmancolor movie in Tamil was the cheerful comedy Kathalikka Neramillai (We don't have any time for love; I1964), a hit.
[edit] Telugu
First ‘entirely in colour’ film Lavakusa (1963/ GevaColor).
First Eastmancolor film Eenadu (1982)
[edit] See also
CinemaScope films in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka I.e. the first part of this article
70mm films in India/ South Asia
Cinerama theatres in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
3D films in South Asia
Colour films in South Asia
Colour films in India
Colour films in Hindi-Urdu
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<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:482px;"><a href="/ind/index.php/File:Liludi_Dharti_(1968).jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/ind/images/c/cf/Liludi_Dharti_%281968%29.jpg" width="480" height="360" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption">Liludi Dharti (1968) Gujarati</div></div></div>
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<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:147px;"><a href="/ind/index.php/File:Sairandhri_(1933).jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/ind/images/6/66/Sairandhri_%281933%29.jpg" width="145" height="200" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption">Sairandhri (1933) Marathi</div></div></div>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:442px;"><a href="/ind/index.php/File:Gapa_Helevi_Sata_(1976).jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/ind/images/8/80/Gapa_Helevi_Sata_%281976%29.jpg" width="440" height="360" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption">Gapa Helevi Sata (1976) Oriya</div></div></div>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:261px;"><a href="/ind/index.php/File:Nanak_Nam_Jahaz_Hai.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/ind/images/2/29/Nanak_Nam_Jahaz_Hai.jpg" width="259" height="194" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption">Vimi in Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai: good Eastmancolor prints of the 1960s, too, have great colours. Indian colour laboratories started started operating in the 1970s, and Indian Eastmancolor of the 1970s and even 1980s is so, well, different. / Punjabi</div></div></div>
<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:482px;"><a href="/ind/index.php/File:Alibabavum_Narpadhu_Thirudargalum.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/ind/images/4/4a/Alibabavum_Narpadhu_Thirudargalum.jpg" width="480" height="360" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption">Alibabavum Narpadhu Thirudargalum/ Tamil: Compare the fading of GevaColor with the Techni- or even Eastman- color pictures on this page</div></div></div>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:482px;"><a href="/ind/index.php/File:Nadodi_Mannan.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/ind/images/9/9e/Nadodi_Mannan.jpg" width="480" height="360" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption">Nadodi Mannan (Tamil/ 1958) included a colour sequence.</div></div></div>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:216px;"><a href="/ind/index.php/File:Veerapandiya_Kattabomman.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/ind/images/5/54/Veerapandiya_Kattabomman.jpg" width="214" height="128" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption">Parthiban (playing W. C. Jackson,left) and Sivaji Ganesan (as Kattabomman,right). Veerapandiya Kattabomman (1959) was the first, not second, Tamil film in Technicolor</div></div></div>
<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:340px;"><a href="/ind/index.php/File:Kadhalikka_Neramillai2.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/ind/images/e/e6/Kadhalikka_Neramillai2.jpg" width="338" height="248" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption">Kadhalikka Neramillai (1964) was the first Tamil film in Eastmancolor</div></div></div>
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<p>India was the sixth country to have produced a colour film; at most seventh, if firmer dates about the first Soviet colour film indicate otherwise.
</p>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Assamese"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Assamese</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Bengali"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Bengali</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Gujarati"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Gujarati</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Bhojpuri"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Bhojpuri</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Hindi-Urdu"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Hindi-Urdu</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Kannada"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Kannada</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Malayalam"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Malayalam</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Manipuri"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Manipuri</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Marathi"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Marathi</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Odiya.2F_Oriya"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Odiya/ Oriya</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Punjabi"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">Punjabi</span></a>
<ul>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Indian_Punjabi"><span class="tocnumber">11.1</span> <span class="toctext">Indian Punjabi</span></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#Tamil"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">Tamil</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#Telugu"><span class="tocnumber">13</span> <span class="toctext">Telugu</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">14</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li>
</ul>
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<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Assamese">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Assamese">Assamese</span></h2>
<p>Shakuntala (1961/ dir: Dr. Bhupen Hazarika) was the first Assamese feature film with some sequences in colour.
</p><p>The first colour film was Kamal Narayan Choudhury's Bhaity (1972).
</p><p>'Ajali Nabou' (1980), directed by Nip Baruah, was the first Assamese film in Eastmancolour.
</p><p>(No colour photographs are available in public from any of the three films. The article <a href="/ind/index.php/Assamese_cinema" title="Assamese cinema">Assamese cinema</a> has a B&W still from Shakuntala, though. Can any reader help?)
</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Bengali">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Bengali">Bengali</span></h2>
<p>Kanchanjangha (Bengali: কাঞ্চনজঙ্ঘা Kanchonjônggha) (1962) written and directed by Satyajit Ray is arguably the first colour film in Bengali, Indian or East Pakistani. It was in Eastmancolour, which is more fragile than Technicolor. By the 1970s all complete colour prints of the film were lost and an international effort got together portions of the film available around them world, edited them together into a whole and restored the faded colours.
</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gujarati">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Gujarati">Gujarati</span></h2>
<p>First Gujarat colour film: Liludi Dharti (1968).
</p><p>Director: Vallabh Chokshi
</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Bhojpuri">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Bhojpuri">Bhojpuri</span></h2>
<p>Bhojpuri:first colour movie, Dangal (1977), starring Sujit Kumar and Prema Narayan.
</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Hindi-Urdu">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Hindi-Urdu">Hindi-Urdu</span></h2>
<p>See the main entry <a href="/ind/index.php/Colour_films_in_Hindi-Urdu" title="Colour films in Hindi-Urdu">Colour films in Hindi-Urdu</a>
</p><p>Prabhat Film Company's‘Sairandhri' (1933/ Hindi and Marathi versions/ dir: V. Shantaram) was the Indian first film to be shot in colour. However, the prints that were screened were in monochrome, apparently because of shoddy processing in Germany.
</p><p>Ardersher Irani established India's first colour film processing studio in Bombay in 1937.
</p><p>Kisan Kanya (lit: the peasant girl; 1937/ Dir: Moti B. Gidvani; prod. Ardeshir Irani) was arguably the first colour film in Hindi-Urdu, of India and of South Asia.
</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Kannada">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Kannada">Kannada</span></h2>
<p>‘Stree Ratna' (Kannada-1954) had some sequences in colour.
</p><p>The first full-length colour film in Kannada, Amarashilpi Jakanachar [Jaggannachari], was released in 1964
</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Malayalam">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Malayalam">Malayalam</span></h2>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:317px;"><a href="/ind/index.php/File:Chemmeen2.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/ind/images/6/60/Chemmeen2.jpg" width="315" height="430" class="thumbimage" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption">Chemmeen</div></div></div>
<p>‘Jeevitha Nauka' (1951) had one sequence in colour.
</p><p>The first full-length Malayalam colour film was <i>Kandam Vecha Coat</i> (1961/ dir: T. R. Sundaram). It was produced by Modern Theatres, which had made the first Malayalam ‘talkie’ <i>Balan</i> (1938).
</p><p>According to B. Vijayakumar, <i>Kandam Vecha Coat</i> was in Eastman colour and ‘was probably the first Malayalam film to use a movie trailer for the marketing of the film.’ <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/oldisgold/article2604929.ece">(TheHindu, November 7, 2011)</a>
</p><p>Pakshiraja Studios’ <i>Sabarimala Sree Ayyappan,</i> (Gevacolor/1961), a mythological film, followed a few months later.
</p><p>Udaya Studios’ <i>Bharya</i> (1962), <i>Kadalamma</i> (1963), <i>Shakuntala</i> (1965) and <i>Pearl View</i> (1970), some films from other studios, had a few sequences in colour.
</p><p>Chemmeen (1965), in full-length Eastmancolor, was a critical and commercial success. With music by Salil Chaudhary its songs were popular all over India. It won the President of India's Gold Medal for the best feature film in India.
</p><p>The full-length colour films that followed were ‘Kallichellamma' (1969), ‘Nadhi,' ‘Kumaraambhavam' (1969), 'Triveni' (1970), ‘Karakanakkadal' (1971), ‘Panitheeratha Veedu' (1972), ‘Nakhangal' (1973), ‘Chattakkari,' and ‘Nellu' (1974).
</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Manipuri">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Manipuri">Manipuri</span></h2>
<p>Langlen Thadoi (1984) by MA Singh (Maibam Amuthoi Singh) is the first colour feature film in Manipur produced by K.P Films International in 1984
</p><p>(No photograph available. Can any reader help?)
</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Marathi">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Marathi">Marathi</span></h2>
<p>Sairandhri (1933), processed and printed in Germany; would have been the first colour film in Marathi, and also India's first colour film. However, its processing was not successful.
</p><p>So, the question is, which was the second colour film in Marathi, because Sairandhri’s final, released print was not in colour.
</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Odiya/ Oriya">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Odiya.2F_Oriya">Odiya/ Oriya</span></h2>
<p>The first Oriya Colour Movie was "Gapa Helevi Sata" (1976) though 'Samaya' (1975) was partially coloured).
</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Punjabi">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Punjabi">Punjabi</span></h2>
<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Indian Punjabi">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Indian_Punjabi">Indian Punjabi</span></h3>
<p>Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai (Punjabi: ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮ ਜਹਾਜ਼ ਹੈ), a 1969 National Award winning Punjabi film directed by Ram Maheshwary, was the first Indian colour film in Punjabi.
</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Tamil">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Tamil">Tamil</span></h2>
<p><b>Haridas</b> (Tamil-1944) and <b>Naam Iruvar</b> (Tamil-1947) had some sequences in colour.
</p><p>The first Tamil film ‘entirely in colour’ was <b> Alibabavum Narpadhu Thirudargalum</b>-1956 (Geva Color)
</p><p><b>Veerapandiya Kattabomman </b>(1959) is said to be the second Tamil film to be shot in Technicolor; it was, like other Indian Technicolor films before and after, printed in London.
</p><p>Which was the first? Well, <b>Nadodi Mannan</b> (1958) had a colour (reportedly Technicolor) sequence set on a tropical island.Its first half was in B/W but the second half in colour - in GevaColor. Therefore,Veerapandiya Kattabomman (1959) was the first Tamil film in Technicolor.
</p><p>The first Eastmancolor movie in Tamil was the cheerful comedy <b>Kathalikka Neramillai</b> (We don't have any time for love; I1964), a hit.
</p>
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/ind/index.php?title=Colour_films_in_India&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Telugu">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Telugu">Telugu</span></h2>
<p>First ‘entirely in colour’ film Lavakusa (1963/ GevaColor).
</p><p>First Eastmancolor film Eenadu (1982)
</p>
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<p><a href="/ind/index.php/CinemaScope_films_in_Bangladesh,_India,_Nepal,_Pakistan,_Sri_Lanka" title="CinemaScope films in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka">CinemaScope films in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka</a> I.e. the first part of this article
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</p><p><a href="/ind/index.php/Cinerama_theatres_in_India,_Pakistan,_Sri_Lanka" title="Cinerama theatres in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka">Cinerama theatres in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka</a>
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</p><p><a href="/ind/index.php/Colour_films_in_South_Asia" title="Colour films in South Asia">Colour films in South Asia</a>
</p><p><strong class="selflink">Colour films in India</strong>
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Kanchanjungha/ Bengali
Liludi Dharti (1968) Gujarati
Amarashilpi Jakanachari/ Kannada
Kandam Becha Coat/ Malayalam
Sairandhri (1933) Marathi
Gapa Helevi Sata (1976) Oriya
Vimi in Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai: good Eastmancolor prints of the 1960s, too, have great colours. Indian colour laboratories started started operating in the 1970s, and Indian Eastmancolor of the 1970s and even 1980s is so, well, different. / Punjabi
Alibabavum Narpadhu Thirudargalum/ Tamil: Compare the fading of GevaColor with the Techni- or even Eastman- color pictures on this page
Nadodi Mannan (Tamil/ 1958) included a colour sequence.
Parthiban (playing W. C. Jackson,left) and Sivaji Ganesan (as Kattabomman,right). Veerapandiya Kattabomman (1959) was the first, not second, Tamil film in Technicolor
Kadhalikka Neramillai (1964) was the first Tamil film in Eastmancolor
Lavakusa (1963/Telugu)
Eenadu (1982) Telugu
India was the sixth country to have produced a colour film; at most seventh, if firmer dates about the first Soviet colour film indicate otherwise.
Contents
1 Assamese
2 Bengali
3 Gujarati
4 Bhojpuri
5 Hindi-Urdu
6 Kannada
7 Malayalam
8 Manipuri
9 Marathi
10 Odiya/ Oriya
11 Punjabi
11.1 Indian Punjabi
12 Tamil
13 Telugu
14 See also
[edit] Assamese
Shakuntala (1961/ dir: Dr. Bhupen Hazarika) was the first Assamese feature film with some sequences in colour.
The first colour film was Kamal Narayan Choudhury's Bhaity (1972).
'Ajali Nabou' (1980), directed by Nip Baruah, was the first Assamese film in Eastmancolour.
(No colour photographs are available in public from any of the three films. The article Assamese cinema has a B&W still from Shakuntala, though. Can any reader help?)
[edit] Bengali
Kanchanjangha (Bengali: কাঞ্চনজঙ্ঘা Kanchonjônggha) (1962) written and directed by Satyajit Ray is arguably the first colour film in Bengali, Indian or East Pakistani. It was in Eastmancolour, which is more fragile than Technicolor. By the 1970s all complete colour prints of the film were lost and an international effort got together portions of the film available around them world, edited them together into a whole and restored the faded colours.
[edit] Gujarati
First Gujarat colour film: Liludi Dharti (1968).
Director: Vallabh Chokshi
[edit] Bhojpuri
Bhojpuri:first colour movie, Dangal (1977), starring Sujit Kumar and Prema Narayan.
[edit] Hindi-Urdu
See the main entry Colour films in Hindi-Urdu
Prabhat Film Company's‘Sairandhri' (1933/ Hindi and Marathi versions/ dir: V. Shantaram) was the Indian first film to be shot in colour. However, the prints that were screened were in monochrome, apparently because of shoddy processing in Germany.
Ardersher Irani established India's first colour film processing studio in Bombay in 1937.
Kisan Kanya (lit: the peasant girl; 1937/ Dir: Moti B. Gidvani; prod. Ardeshir Irani) was arguably the first colour film in Hindi-Urdu, of India and of South Asia.
[edit] Kannada
‘Stree Ratna' (Kannada-1954) had some sequences in colour.
The first full-length colour film in Kannada, Amarashilpi Jakanachar [Jaggannachari], was released in 1964
[edit] Malayalam
Chemmeen
‘Jeevitha Nauka' (1951) had one sequence in colour.
The first full-length Malayalam colour film was Kandam Vecha Coat (1961/ dir: T. R. Sundaram). It was produced by Modern Theatres, which had made the first Malayalam ‘talkie’ Balan (1938).
According to B. Vijayakumar, Kandam Vecha Coat was in Eastman colour and ‘was probably the first Malayalam film to use a movie trailer for the marketing of the film.’ (TheHindu, November 7, 2011)
Pakshiraja Studios’ Sabarimala Sree Ayyappan, (Gevacolor/1961), a mythological film, followed a few months later.
Udaya Studios’ Bharya (1962), Kadalamma (1963), Shakuntala (1965) and Pearl View (1970), some films from other studios, had a few sequences in colour.
Chemmeen (1965), in full-length Eastmancolor, was a critical and commercial success. With music by Salil Chaudhary its songs were popular all over India. It won the President of India's Gold Medal for the best feature film in India.
The full-length colour films that followed were ‘Kallichellamma' (1969), ‘Nadhi,' ‘Kumaraambhavam' (1969), 'Triveni' (1970), ‘Karakanakkadal' (1971), ‘Panitheeratha Veedu' (1972), ‘Nakhangal' (1973), ‘Chattakkari,' and ‘Nellu' (1974).
[edit] Manipuri
Langlen Thadoi (1984) by MA Singh (Maibam Amuthoi Singh) is the first colour feature film in Manipur produced by K.P Films International in 1984
(No photograph available. Can any reader help?)
[edit] Marathi
Sairandhri (1933), processed and printed in Germany; would have been the first colour film in Marathi, and also India's first colour film. However, its processing was not successful.
So, the question is, which was the second colour film in Marathi, because Sairandhri’s final, released print was not in colour.
[edit] Odiya/ Oriya
The first Oriya Colour Movie was "Gapa Helevi Sata" (1976) though 'Samaya' (1975) was partially coloured).
[edit] Punjabi
[edit] Indian Punjabi
Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai (Punjabi: ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮ ਜਹਾਜ਼ ਹੈ), a 1969 National Award winning Punjabi film directed by Ram Maheshwary, was the first Indian colour film in Punjabi.
[edit] Tamil
Haridas (Tamil-1944) and Naam Iruvar (Tamil-1947) had some sequences in colour.
The first Tamil film ‘entirely in colour’ was Alibabavum Narpadhu Thirudargalum-1956 (Geva Color)
Veerapandiya Kattabomman (1959) is said to be the second Tamil film to be shot in Technicolor; it was, like other Indian Technicolor films before and after, printed in London.
Which was the first? Well, Nadodi Mannan (1958) had a colour (reportedly Technicolor) sequence set on a tropical island.Its first half was in B/W but the second half in colour - in GevaColor. Therefore,Veerapandiya Kattabomman (1959) was the first Tamil film in Technicolor.
The first Eastmancolor movie in Tamil was the cheerful comedy Kathalikka Neramillai (We don't have any time for love; I1964), a hit.
[edit] Telugu
First ‘entirely in colour’ film Lavakusa (1963/ GevaColor).
First Eastmancolor film Eenadu (1982)
[edit] See also
CinemaScope films in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka I.e. the first part of this article
70mm films in India/ South Asia
Cinerama theatres in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
3D films in South Asia
Colour films in South Asia
Colour films in India
Colour films in Hindi-Urdu
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