100 years of Bollywood

03 May,2013 02:52 PM IST |   |  Team MiD DAY

On this day exactly a century ago, the release of India's first feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' unleashed the magic of movies that has since permeated into our lives; MiD DAY celebrates the journey of Indian cinema ufffd right from its humble beginnings ufffd with some of the industry's achievers


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