A brief statement explaining how, when, where and why Bollywood began.
Raja Harishchandra by Dadasaheb Phalke was released in India in 1913, making it the first Bollywood movie. From then on, Bollywood production and consumption value only grew, reaching approximately 200 films per year in the 1930s. The first movies were black-and-white silent feature films. Gradually, sound and colour were introduced, and consumption grew in terms of statistics and geographical location.