Firsts in Films Iv

First Horror Film

Ramsay Brothers' Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neechey established the horror genre in Hindi films in 1972.

Longest Film

Tamas is a 1988 television film written and directed by Govind Nihalani. Its ran for 298 min. It is based on the Hindi novel of the same name by Bhisham Sahni (1974).

First Documentary

In 1901, H S Bhatwadekar filmed a reception given in honour of Dr. R P Paranjape in Mumbai when he returned as the first Indian Wrangler of Cambridge University.

Most Roles As Police Inspector

Actor Jagdish Raj holds the world record of wearing the Police uniform in 144 films. He donned the inspecter's uniform for the first time in CID (1952).

Most Music Directors in a Film

Film Pathaan (1962) had nine music directors: Fakir Ahmad, Jimmy, Asar, Shambhu, Satta Raj, Raj Bhushan, David, BrijBhushan and Shyam Babu - to complie just seven songs!!

Most Extras in a Film

Attenborough's Gandhi (1982) used 3,00,000 extras for the funeral scenes. The sequence shot in a single morning, had 11 camera crew shooting 20,000 ft. of film - more than the total footage of the 188 min release print of the movie! The edited version of the funeral scene ran only for 125 seconds

First & Only Actor To Win Best Actress Award

Nirmal Pandey won the best actress award at the Valenciennes Film Festival, France 1997 for his protrayal of a transvestite in Amol Palekar's Daayra. Nirmal shared the award with the female lead of the film Sonali Kulkarni.

Fastest Completed Film

Nine weddings, a heart-attack, kidnapping, fights, a song and dance sequence involving 14 heroes, 12 heroines, a villain, supporting artistes and a cast & crew of 3026 were all crammed into a 24-hour schedule to make Swayamwaram (Tamil '99) the fastest full length feature film ever made! It is the only film directed by 15 directors and four music directors who have composed a song each! This film also had 19 associate directors, 45 asistant directors, 19 cameramen, 36 assistant cameramen, 5 dance masters and 16 assistants, 140 group dancers, stunt co-ordinators, art directors, production crew, 15 film units, 8 locations and 1483 extras!!

FIRSTS in FILMS