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Pfdb (Pakistan Film Database) Statistical data of all feature films produced and released in Pakistan from 1947 till to-date including pre-1947 have been compiled and reproduced for general public knowledge and for the students of film history eager to know about chronological history of Pakistan cinema. A query that how the movie production got break through in sub-continent and subsequently in Pakistan, has been elaborated in Pakistan Film History. Mukho Mukhish was the first Bengali film which was produced at Dhaka, East Pakistan ( Now ladesh) and released on December 12, 1958. Then onward 127 Bengali films were released till 1971, details of these Bengali films are also included. More information by Mpaop Pfdb Chronological of Pak Films Summary of released Films Under Grand Summary, numerical details of Lahore based Films produced / released from 1924 till to-date are worked out in different languages in which these movies were released, likewise a numerical chronological summary (year wise) from 1924 till to-date is enumerated below:- Pfdb has data of following films:- Silent Films 12 Urdu Films 1742 Punjabi Films 1458 Pashto Films 797 Sindhi Films 74 Gujrati Films 2 Hindko Films 1 English Films 3 Saraiki Films 14 DVF Films 143 Unreleased Films 138 Bengali Films 127 Period Silent Urdu Punjabi Pashto Sindhi Gujrati Hindko English Saraiki * DVF Total Bengali Total 1948-2017 0 1685 1424 792 74 2 1 3 13 143 4138 127 4265 1924 - 1947 12 48 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 0 89 Total 12 1733 1454 792 74 2 1 3 13 143 4227 127 4354 *DVF (Double Version Films made in more than one language) Chronological Summary (1924 -To Date) A complete numerical summary of the films in a chronological sequence is formulated from 1924 onward (as in year 1924 film production was started in Lahore) with language details:- Year Silent Urdu Punjabi Pashto Sindhi Gujrati Hindko English Saraiki DVF Total Bengali Total 2018 - 7 1 1 - - - - - - 9 - 9 2017 - 13 6 10 - - - - 1 - 30 - 30 2016 - 26 8 12 - - - - 2 - 48 - 48 2015 - 22 14 22 2 - - - 3 - 63 - 63 2014 - 10 11 10 - - - - - - 31 - 31 2013 - 9 5 18 - - - 2 - - 34 - 34 2012 - 8 15 - - - - - - 23 - 23 2011 - 8 8 11 - - - - 2 - 29 - 29 2010 - 1 11 10 - - - - - - 22 - 22 2009 - 7 10 11 - - - - - - 28 - 28 2008 - 6 13 17 - - - - - - 36 - 36 2007 - 11 16 20 - - - - - 47 - 47 2006 - 10 13 25 - - - - - 1 49 - 49 2005 - 13 9 25 - - - - - 3 50 - 50 2004 - 10 17 25 - - - - - - 52 - 52 2003 - 17 13 14 - - - - - - 44 - 44 2002 - 19 27 18 - - - - - - 64 - 64 2001 - 27 19 13 - - - - - - 59 - 59 2000 - 30 14 16 - - - - - - 60 - 60 1999 - 28 6 15 - - - - - - 49 - 49 1998 - 28 5 17 - - - - - 1 51 - 51 1997 - 35 9 21 1 - - - - - 66 - 66 1996 - 30 12 28 2 - - - - - 72 - 72 1995 - 14 17 25 - - - - - 10 66 - 66 1994 - 14 18 21 1 - - - 1 21 76 - 76 1993 - 11 16 24 2 - - - - 35 88 - 88 1992 - 8 36 22 3 - - - - 23 92 - 92 1991 - 6 29 26 1 - - - - 32 94 - 94 1990 - 10 38 23 3 - - - - 10 84 - 84 1989 - 17 40 29 8 7 101 - 101 1988 - 22 30 31 4 - - - - - 87 - 87 1987 - 28 30 22 2 - - - - - 82 - 82 1986 - 30 43 29 5 - - - - - 107 - 107 1985 - 22 38 27 4 - - - 1 - 92 - 92 1984 - 21 43 16 3 - - - - - 83 - 83 1983 - 17 37 27 1 - - - - - 82 - 82 1982 - 27 27 17 - - - - - - 71 - 71 1981 - 26 44 14 1 - - - - - 85 - 85 1980 - 26 23 9 - - 1 - - - 59 - 59 1979 - 42 44 8 3 - - - - - 97 - 97 1978 - 46 47 9 - - - - - - 102 - 102 1977 - 41 33 6 1 - - - - - 81 - 81 1976 - 49 55 4 2 - - 1 - - 111 - 111 1975 - 47 50 7 5 - - - 1 - 110 - 110 1974 - 49 53 7 4 1 - - 1 - 115 - 115 1973 - 36 46 7 4 - - - 1 - 94 - 94 1972 - 44 50 6 2 - - - - - 102 - 102 1971 - 36 38 6 2 - - - - - 82 3 85 1970 - 43 45 1 1 1 - 1 - 92 33 125 1969 - 52 39 - 1 - - - - - 92 22 114 1968 - 64 36 - 1 - - - - - 101 25 126 1967 - 48 18 - - - - - - - 66 4 70 1966 - 52 20 - - - - - - - 72 10 82 1965 - 41 14 - - - - - - - 55 11 66 1964 - 53 14 - - - - - - - 67 2 69 1963 - 40 6 - 1 - - - - - 47 2 49 1962 - 30 4 - - - - - - - 34 5 39 1961 - 30 4 - - - - - - - 34 4 38 1960 - 34 4 - - - - - - - 38 2 40 1959 - 25 10 - - - - - - - 35 3 38 1958 - 23 7 - 3 - - - - - 33 1 34 1957 - 21 6 - - - - - - - 27 - 27 1956 - 23 7 - 1 - - - - - 31 - 31 1955 - 15 4 - - - - - - - 19 - 19 1954 - 7 - - - - - - - - 7 - 7 1953 - 9 1 - - - - - - - 10 - 10 1952 - 6 1 - - - - - - - 7 - 7 1951 - 7 3 - - - - - - - 10 - 10 1950 - 9 4 - - - - - - - 13 - 13 1949 - 4 2 - - - - - - - 6 - 6 1948 - 2 - - - - - - - - 2 - 2 1947 - 8 1 - - - - - - - 9 - 9 1946 - 8 1 - - - - - - - 9 - 9 1945 - 7 2 - - - - - - - 9 - 9 1944 - 1 4 - - - - - - - 5 - 5 1943 - 3 3 - - - - - - - 6 - 6 1942 - 3 2 - - - - - - - 5 - 5 1941 - 3 6 - - - - - - - 9 - 9 1940 - 2 2 - - - - - - - 4 - 4 1939 - 5 2 - - - - - - - 7 - 7 1938 - 2 1 - - - - - - - 3 - 3 1937 - - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - 1 1936 - 1 - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 1935 - 3 1 - - - - - - - 4 - 4 1934 - 1 1 - - - - - - - 2 - 2 1933 - 1 1 - - - - - - - 2 - 2 1932 - - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - 1 1930 8 - - - - - - - - - 8 - 8 1929 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 1928 2 - - - - - - - - - 2 - 2 1925 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 1924 - - - - - - - - - - 0 - 0 Total 12 1742 1458 797 74 2 1 3 14 143 4246 127 4373

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 Invention of CinemaIn 1827 first ever still photograph was taken by Claude Niepce, he used gl plate technique, it was a photograph of the View from a Window at Le Gras which took nearly eight hours to expose. Afterward in 1878 Edweard Muybridge achieved success after five years of trying to capture movement. Muybridge was asked, in 1873, by the ex-governor of California - Leland Stanford to settle a bet as to whether horses hooves left the ground when they galloped. He did this by setting up a bank of twelve cameras with trip-wires connected to their shutters, each camera took a picture when the horse tripped its wire. Muybridge developed a projector to present his finding. He adapted Horner's Zoetrope to produce his Zoopraxinoscope. Etienne Jules Mary, inspired by Muybridge's locomotion studies, started his own experiments in 1882 to study the flight of birds and other rapid movements. The result was a photographic gun which exposed twelve images on the edge of a circular plate. Lumiere BrothersThe French Lumiere Brothers (Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas 19 October 1862 - 10 April 1954 and Louis Jean 5 October 1864 - 6 June 1948) the sons of well known Lyons based portrait painter Antoine Lumière, basing on the idea of Edison's Peephole Kinetoscope, had invented their own device combining camera with printer and projector and called it the Cinématographe. They kept their new invention a closely guarded secret while improvising it with new modifications. At last they demonstrated their first screenings on 22nd March 1895 at 44 Rue de Rennes in Paris, France at an industrial meeting where a film especially for the occasion, Workers leaving the Lumière factory, was shown. Such screenings generated much discussion and widespread excitement surrounding this new technology - in preparation for their first public screening on 28th December at the Grand Cafe on Paris's Boulevard de Capuchines. Cinema in Sub-Continent (India)After the introductory demonstration of cine projection by French Lumiere Brothers through their first ever soundless movies this newborn medium of entertainment extended all over the world like jungle fire and obviously it includes sub continent as well when Lumiere Brothers premiered their show comprising of short do entary reels i.e. The Emergence of cinematograph, Termination of shift of a factory, A Approaching train, Sea bathing, Demolition and Soldiers on wheels at the Watson Hotel in Bombay India on 7 July 1896, presented by Marius Sestier. In 1898, Professor Anderson filmed A Train Arriving at Churchgate Station incorporating Madmeoiselle Blanche and Poona Races which were screened in Christmas edition, Andersonoscopograp. Calcutta was also into it side by side where Professor Stevenson who worked on movies called A Dancing Scene from the Flower of Persia and A Panorama of Indian Scenes and Processions. Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatavdekar 15 March 1868 - 20 February 1958As regard to Indians in the field of cine is concerned Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatavdekar commonly known as Save Dada managed to procured the film concerned apparatus i.e. camera for filming and projector for projecting the shot films. As earlier mentioned, that Lumière Cinématographe arrived in India at Bombay on 7 July 1896, Bhatavdekar was one of the audience for these first shows. He was a portrait photographer by occupation from Maharastra and had established a photographic studio in Bombay in 1880, and was so captivated by the Lumière show that he ordered a camera from Riley brothers of England, at a price of 21 guineas. In 1899 he made one reel film named The Wrestlers which was shot during a real wrestling match at the Hanging Gardens in Bombay (Mumbai) so it became the first film shot by an Indian in sub-continent. After filming the film it was sent back to London for processing. While awaiting the film's return Bhatvadekar secured a projector and began touring with imported films, adding the wrestling film on its return and then his second film, showing the training of circus monkeys. He filmed local scenes and an event which has gone down as the first Indian news film, the return to India from Cambridge in December 1901 of acclaimed mathematics student R.P. Paranjype, an event with considerable resonance for both Indian and British communities. In 1903, Bhatvadekar filmed a newsreel of Delhi Durbar celebrating Edward VII's coronation of Lord Curzon. Delhi , before turning to exhibition, becoming manager of the Gaiety Theatre in Bombay. He possessed a very lively personality so died while cracking a joke with a friend. Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatavdekar's FilmsSome of the short films of Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatavdekar are as follows:-The Wrestlers -1899A man and his monkeys -1899Landing of Sir M. M. Bhownuggree -1901Atash Behram -1901Sir Wrangler -1902Delhi Durbar Coronation -1903Delhi Durbar -1903 Hiralal Sen1866–1917Hiralal Sen, a Bengali national who was from Bagjuri, a village in Manikganj, 80 km from Dhaka, ladesh. He was the son of a lawyer of a landlord family of that region, got his education in Calcutta and became a photographer. In 1898, a French film troupe screened some short films of Professor Stevenson during a stage show The Flower of Persia at the Star Theatre in Calcutta. Hiralal Sen with Stevenson's camera, made his first film, a Dancing Scene from the opera The Flower of Persia which is considered India's first short film. With istance from his brother, Motilal Sen, he bought an Urban Bioscope from Charles Urban's Warwick Trading Company in London and next year he formed the Royal Bioscope Company. Royal Bioscope made its last film in 1913. Hiralal Sen's later years were filled with disappointment and economic hardship. Jamshedji Framji Madan of the Elphinstone Bioscope Company had long surp ed him in terms of success. To compound his misery, he was also suffering from cancer. A few days before his death in 1917, a fire broke out destroying every film he ever made. F.B. Thanawala were two other Indian forerunners engaged in the production of newsreels short films at Bombay in 1900. Likewise in 1902 - 3 - Jamshedji Framjee Madan and Abdullah Esoofally inducted themselves and inaugurated their cinematic career with Bioscope shows of imported short films. After four years, in 1907 Madan also established India's first permanent cinema house - Elphinstone Picture Palace which is presently known as Chaplin. In 1912 - N.G. Chitre and R.G. Torney made a silent feature film Pundalik which was released on May 18 1912 and it was made in technical collaboration with the Britain. Shree Pundalki(18 May 1912)Shree Pundalik, which was released on 18 May 1912 at 'Coronation Cinematograph' Girgaum, Bombay was first Indian movie released in Sub-Continent. It was a silent film in Marathi which was produced and directed by Dadasaheb Torne, who has been termed the Father of Indian cinema. Some have argued that Pundalik does not deserve the honour of being called the first Indian film because it was a photographic recording of a popular Marathi play, and because the cameraman—a man named Johnson—was a British national and the film was processed in London but it was first short film of India. Dhundiraj Govind Phalke (Dadda Sahib Phalke)30 April 1870 - 16 February 1944Meantime Dhundiraj Govind Phalke commonly known as Dada Saheb Phalke (30 April 1870 - 16 February 1944) acquired cinematographical knowledge along with technical gadgets like British bioscope from London and started filming Raja Harishchandra with a lot of inspiration from a film The Life of Christ. The movie Raja Harishchandra which was India's first indigenous full-length feature film was screened to selected audience on April 21, 1913 prior to its actual release. Subsequently it was released at Coronation Theatre in Bombay on 3rd May 1913. Another movie Lanka Dahan which was released by Phalke in 1917 proved India's first box-office hit, which made the Phalke as the great pioneer of Indian cinema and his contributions were formally recognized as Dadasaheb Phalke is considered as the father of Indian cinema. After Raja Harishchandra, Phalke made one hundred and twenty one films (95 movies and 26 short). Dada Saheb Phalke's FilmsMost noted work of Dada Sahib Phalke is as under:- Mohini Bhasmasur - 1913Satyavan Savitri - 1914Lanka Dahan - 1917Shri Krishna Janma - 1918Kaliya Mardan - 1919 Raja Harishchandra (1913)The first indigenous full-length feature film Raja Harishchandra (1913) was a silent film (about 40 minutes) produced and directed by the legendary film maker Dadasaheb Phalke. The film depicts the legend of the noble and righteous King Harishchandra, taken from the Hindu religious epics Ramayana and the Mahabharata.Raja Harishchandra had an all-male cast and crew of more than five hundred people. The roles of female characters in the film were played by men dressed as women, as no woman in India was ready to act in a film, so the men played all the roles.The film was first released on 3 May 1913 at Mumbai's Coronation Cinema. As the film was very successful, Dada Saheb had to make more prints for exhibition in other areas. The film not only was a grand success establishing Phalke as a producer, but it marked the birth of Indian film industry, the world's largest producer of films.It is worth mentioning that, the most prestigious and coveted award in Indian Cinema for lifetime contribution to cinema, was constituted in his honour by the Government of India in 1969. Next Film Production in Lahore >>2014-01-19

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Cinemas of Pakistan Cinema is suppose to be the foundation of film industry which was once taken as the height of decent entertaining situate is now becoming almost neglected place in Pakistan. It may because of the declining standard of movies, poor internal environments of cinema halls, old version of projection systems, sub standard sound system or what ever but one thing is confirmed that the induction of and violence in mid seventies has disappointed the serious, and specially the family cinema audience. Resultantly there was a visible decrease in the numbers of cinemas in mid nineties, which was left two hundred and fifty out of eigh hundred. But at present the state of number of cinema is almost alarming which is decreased up to less hundred rather below of it. And there are obvious reasons behind the abnormal decrease, like it is a weighty investment but the return is very little, poor and repeated subjects of films, loud pitched, below the standard movies and unattractive subjects for families has not only disappointed the m es rather severely affected the turn over, resultantly cinema owners have started quitting this business and preferring other investment ventures like shopping plazas, gas pumps, markets and marriage or theater halls. Consequently, presently more than fifty cities and towns of Pakistan are without any single operational cinema house. Present prevailing security scenario of the country is another factor which has played a vital role in affecting the turn over of cinema spectators. Anyhow this page is formulated to give viewers a statistical run down of past and present cinemas in Pakistan. Click here to view the state of cinemas at present. Find Cinema of your City ... here Statistics of Cinemas of Pakistan Here is the Statically summary of the cinemas ever built in all over Pakistan with their latest status. Area Total Closed Demolished Running Punjab Cinemas 623 538 NC 85 Sindh Cinemas 281 238 NC 43 Baluchistan Cinemas 29 27 NC 2 KPK Cinemas 70 62 NC 8 Azad Kashmir Cinemas 11 11 NC 0 Gilgit Baltistan Cinemas 3 3 NC 0 Touring Talkies Cinemas 45 0 45 0 Total 1017 880 NC 138 ist mpaop in updating this record, Click Here » Statistics of Cinemas of Punjab Here is the statical summary of some of the main cities's cinemas ever built in all over Punjab with their latest status. Total Closed Demolished Running Remarks Punjab Cinemas 623 537 NC 85 Bahawalpur Cinemas 13 10 45 3 Dera Ghazi Khan Cinemas 6 6 NC 0 Faisalabad Cinemas 34 24 NC 10 Gujranwala Cinemas 23 16 NC 7 Gujrat Cinemas 17 15 NC 2 Jehlum Cinemas 9 9 NC 0 Kharian Cinemas 7 7 NC 0 Lahore Cinemas 91 8 NC 32 Leyya Cinemas 6 6 NC 0 Multan Cinemas 34 23 NC 11 Muzafargarh Cinemas 7 7 NC 0 Okara Cinemas 14 12 NC 2 Rawalpindi Cinemas 25 18 NC 7 Sahiwal Cinemas 10 10 NC 0 Sargodha Cinemas 11 6 3 5 Sheikhupura Cinemas 8 8 NC 0 Sialkot Cinemas 18 12 NC 6 Vihari Cinemas 9 9 NC 0 For rest of cities see below .... Help mpaop in updating this record, Click Here » Statistics of Sindh Cinemas Here is the statical summary of some of the main cities's cinemas ever built in all over Sindh with their latest status. Total Closed Demolished Running Remarks Sindh Cinemas 281 238 NC 43 Karachi Cinemas 141 103 45 38 Hyderabad Cinemas 22 19 NC 3 Sakhar Cinemas 8 8 NC 0 Mirpur Khas Cinemas 6 5 NC 1 Larkana Cinemas 5 5 NC 0 For rest of cities see below .... Help mpaop in updating this record, Click Here » Statistics of Khyber Pakhtonkhawa Cinemas Here is the statical summary of some of the main cities's cinemas ever built in all over KPK with their latest status. Total Closed Demolished Running Remarks KPK Cinemas 70 62 NC 8 Peshawar Cinemas 16 10 NC 6 Mardan Cinemas 4 4 NC 0 Abbotabad Cinemas 6 6 NC 0 D. I. Khan Cinemas 4 4 NC 0 Kohat Cinemas 5 5 NC 0 Risalpur Cinemas 4 4 45 0 For rest of cities see below .... Help mpaop in updating this record, Click Here » Statistics of Baluchistan Cinemas Here is the Statically summary of the cinemas ever built in all over Baluchistan with their latest status. Total Closed Demolished Running Remarks Baluchistan Cinemas 29 26 NC 3 Quetta Cinemas 7 4 NC 3 Jacobabad Cinemas 4 4 NC 0 Gawadar Cinemas 2 2 NC 0 Moro Cinemas 2 2 NC 0 For rest of cities see below .... Help mpaop in updating this record, Click Here » Statistics of Cinemas in Azad Kashmir Here is the Statically summary of the cinemas ever built in Azad Kashmir with their latest status. City Cinemas Closed Converted Demolished Existing Remarks Chak Sawari 1 1 NC NC None Chiri Kas 1 1 NC NC None Muzafarabad 2 2 NC NC None Mirpur 4 4 NC NC None Kotli 3 3 NC NC None Total 11 11 NC NC None Search cinema details of other cities ... here » Cinema Present Up-Down At present, though the cinema theater is growing and progressing in all over the world, transforming from old projection system to new modern IMAX, Cineplex and digital orientation but here in Pakistan the situation is altogether different. What to talk of new induction, the existing cinemas are either being demolished or converted into theaters etc. what could be the reasons for this decline in cinema industry? Well cinema is suppose be the showcase of final product of film industry and it has to prove the advertisement of any film project made by the production team. Inspired by the advertisement the film spectator need a recreation in form of what is being projected but most importantly how it is being presented…. Is the spectator is comfortable with cinema interior environment or is cursing while sitting inside the cinema once things are other way round. Resultantly, in future he would not only give a second thought to the idea of watching film on that particular cinema house but he would create a hindrance for others as well. So conveniently we may say that the poor cinema condition which include uncomfortable seating infrastructure, old vintage cinema projection system, load shedding, country's security conditions and above of all the sub-standard material being projected on silver screen are the major factors, increasing the gulf in between cinema and spectator. It is said in showbiz world that the turnover of families would dictate the success of that particular show. The major factor of decline of cinema is the prevailing security scenario of the country, bomb blasts, suicidal attacks on gathering public places, protests, religious negative activists and many other social issues have taken the cinema spectator far away from the cinema world.In Lahore, out of eighty four cinemas, fifty five have been razed, some of them were converted into, drama plays commercial theater like Naz and Mehfil cinemas, plazas, marriage halls and fuel filling stations. Within last ten years, nine cinemas had been closed primarily due to non-availability of Pakistani films which include Galaxy, Moonlight, Taj, Ratan, Empire, Al-mumtaz, Nagina, Sangeet and Mubarik. But in spite of all above mentioned hurdles, new innovative ideas in cinema industry are being introduced, with urance of fool proof security system, comfortable cinema interior environment the cinema lovers with families are getting attracted towards cinemas because people wants to watch movies. Cinemas set into Fire In September 2012, nine Cinema Houses set into fire in Karachi, Peshawar & Quetta by the protestors, gathered against film 'Innocence of Muslims'During protest and shutter down strike against Innocence of Muslims, the protesters showed their arrogance by destroying the cinemas on September 21, 2012. In Karachi, protestors burnt or damaged Capri, Prince, Nishat (M.A.Jinnah road), Bombino (Abdullah Haroon road), Sikala, Nargis, Lalazar and Gulistan (Landhi). Shabistan, Shama, Naz and Capital cinema in Peshawar became the victim of the protestors. Two cinemas of Quetta also came under this protest fire. These were few cinemas which were striving hard to revive the cinema in Pakistan but their damage further enhance the hurdle in revival of cinema. These were the lead cinemas of Karachi, with their destruction Karachi cinema exhibitor industry is almost finished. Touring Talkies Touring Talkies are primarily the mobile mini cinemas as it used to be at the time of beginning of cinema. Some of these touring cinemas remains on the move from city to city in collaboration with various religious/traditional festivals and fairs. But mostly these are permanently based in certain towns, Tehsil where either no cinema or theater is present or it attracts the public of the area linked with small villages or towns. These cinemas are housed in canvas surroundings with projection booth in a wooden compartment, usually without any roof top. Here is a complete list of touring talkies which are functional in Pakistan at the moment but it is worth mentioning that these touring keeps on closing/opening without any prior intimation to the authority concerned. Detailed list of all cinemas / Touring Talkies in Pakistan

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