Literature’s Role in Inspiration and Development of Indian Cinema

Abstract

Before the invention of cinema, literature was the leading medium of entertainment for the masses. With the magic of words, readers travelled along: be it places, emotions or the experience itself. Literature has everything endless as the mind. From the time cinema was invented, people were keen to see the known and heard stories to meet up the real visualizations of their imagination. The imagination that they derived with their respective minds about the popular stories they read or heard. Originally, the history of motion picture-making began 1890 onwards. Initially, which produced soundless moving-pictures and later around 1927 the audio-visual development took place. Rest is the history by itself. Post 1913 with Dada Phalke’s enthusiastic actions Indian Cinema nurtured itself eventually.