Nag, Amitava

Cinema as vanguard of nationalist moment - Yojana - 66(8), Aug, 2022: p.21-24

After implementing the dramatic performances act in 1876, the British were quick to understand that cinema had a bigger potential to influence public opinion. Expectedly, India’s cinematography act was passed in 1918 during the dying months of world war I, with effect from 1 August 1920. – Reproduced