The nightingale of India, Lata Mangeshkar, has charmed her fans with over 50000 songs she has sung as a playback singer in Indian Movies.Lata Mangeshkar is a living legend in the Hindi film industry of India.Lata Mangeshkar`s popularity and influence transcends barriers of region and language. She has sung in 35 major Indian languages. Lata has received four Filmfare Awards, the Platinum Disc of EMI London and many other awards.

The birth of Indian cinema can be attributed to the Lumiere brother`s. Only a few months after the Lumiere brothers introduced the art of cinematography in Paris in 1895, cinema made it`s presence felt in India. The Lumiere brothers` held their first public showing at Mumbai`s Watson`s Hotel on July 7, 1896.The honour of making the first Indian movie by an Indian goes to Dhundiraj Govind Phalke. His Raja Harischandra released on 3rd May 1913, was totally Indian in terms of production.

It is in Indian commercial movies that we see most vividly the `Indianness` of Indian cinema. Commercial cinema is the most popular form of cinema in India. Ever since its inception the commercial Indian movies have seen huge following.A typical commercial Indian movie is usually a mixture of emotional drama, action, romance, song and dance. Commercial Indian movies`s dependence on music as an integral part of a movie, considerably complicates the film-making process.

Artistic cinema differ sharply from popular films. They are realistic, often ethnographic, and they seek to capture important aspects of Indian reality. By and large, they avoid glamour and glitz .The Indian artistic movies, understandably, do not attract the huge audiences that the popular films do. Often many regional films made, which do not receive pan-Indian exposure.The artistic films are much closer to Indian reality than the popular films, which are mostly fantasies. Various issues that are central to a deep understanding of contemporary Indian society find expression in artistic cinema.

Tamil Film Industry is home to Tamil-language Movies based in India and is sometimes referred to as Kollywood .Much of the popular music comes from movies, as Tamil movies are musicals.Tamil films have become popular internationally as well. Tamil movies now have many viewers in countries such as Singapore, Japan, South Africa, and in other countries.Political figures as M.G. Ramchandran and Jayalalitha first established their special identities through their work in cinema and then were able familiarize themselves in the hearts and minds of the populace.

Aamir Khan, the son of Tahir Husain, has been a producer, actor, director and writer in Indian Movie Industry. At age 23, Aamir Khan shot to fame in 1988. A versatile and one of the most accomplished actors in Hindi cinema, Aamir Khan started as a child artist in the movie `Yaadon Ki Baaraat` in 1973. The first major success at the box-office came with the movie `Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak` in 1988 where he was starred opposite to Juhi Chawla who also made her debut in the same film. A truly professional and a versatile actor, Aamir Khan has been able to establish his own charm and identity in Indian Movie Industry.