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In the South, in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala film
directors like Adoor Gopalakrishnan, M.T. Vasudevan Nair , B.V.Karanth, Girish
Karnad, Girish Kasara Valli, G. Aravindan, K. Balachander, K.G. George, P.A.
Backer, G.V.Aiyer made some distinguished films.
Pattabhi Rama Reddy ( Damskara ), Adoor Gopalakrishnan (Swayamvaram), M.T.
Vasudevan Nair ( Nirmalyam), B.V.Karanth ( Chomana Dudi), Girish Karnad ( Kaadu), Girish Kasara
Valli ( Ghatasradha), G. Aravindan's Uttarayanam
and Thamp, K. Balachander's Arangetram, Avargal and Apoorva Ragangal, K.G.
George's Swapnadanam and P.A. Backer's Chuvanna Vithukal and G.V.Iyer's
Hamsageethe, Durai's Pasi were some of the most relevant films of the
times.
In the eighties and nineties, Shyam Benegal's Bhumika, Govind Nihlani's
Aaghat,
Damul (Prakash Jha), 36-Chowringhee Lane (Aparna Sen), New Delhi Times (Ramesh
Sharma), Mirch Masala (Ketan Mehta), Rao Saheb (Vijaya Mehta), Debshishu (Utpalendu
Chakraborthy), Mahesh Bhatt (Arth), Trishagni (Nabayendu Ghosh),
Ijaazat (Gulzar), Umrao Jaan (Muzafar Ali), Dakhal, Paar (Gautam Ghose),
Dooratwa, Neem Annapurana, Andhi Gali (Buddhadeb Dasgupta), Aajka Robin Hood (Tapan
Sinha), Tabarana Kathe, Bannada Vesha (Girish Kasara Valli), Accident and Swamy (Shanker Naag), Daasi (B. Narasinga Rao) and
Roja, Bombay (Maniratnam) were the
significant films of this period. In the south, Adoor and Aravindan, consolidated their position in the eighties
and nineties
with their films Elippathayam, Mukha Mukham, Anantharam, Esthappan, Pokkuveyil,
Chidambaram, Mathilukal, Videyan, and Oridath.
But in Hindi commercial cinema,
musical love stories become a new trend in the late eighties and nineties. Mr. India, Tezaab, Qayamat se Qayamat Tak, Main Pyar
Kiya, Chandni,
Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander, Hum Hain Rahi Pyarke, Baazigar, Hum Apake Hai Kaun,
Krantiveer, Raja, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Rangeela were some of the
popular Hindi films of the last
decade.
 Now,
Indian Cinema especially, Hindi cinema is not only popular in India but in
parts of the Middle East, Pakistan, UK and virtually every other place where
Indians live. Films like Lagaan, Salaam Bombay and Monsoon Wedding
making the international market sit up and take notice definitely indicate
that India is poised for bigger things as far as Cinema goes. Monsoon Wedding
was the all-time top 10 foreign box-office hits in America.
Today, Indian cinema has reached many a mile stone with advanced technologies using new
digital projectors, converting digital format etc.
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