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As far as I can tell the first international film festival was held in Venice in 1932.
The festival is still very active. From their website
The first "Esposizione d'Arte Cinematografica" came into being in 1932 as part of the 18th Venice Biennale (from 6 July to 21 August 1932) under the auspices of Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata, President of the Biennale, the sculptor Antonio Maraini, General Secretary, and Luciano De Feo, General Secretary of the International Institute for Educational Cinema, based in Rome. Luciano De Feo was the very first director-selector.
It was earlier called The Exhibition of the Cinematic Arts, now simply The Venice Film Festival.
In the second festival held in 1934, they invited the Indian film industry to send information about the industry, films to be shown and photos.
It was here that the first ever Indian film to win an international honorary diploma was shown, Seeta (1933).
I will be posting some photos from the festival report.
The next photo is that of C S Modak
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Har Mandir Singh 'Hamraaz' and I are happy to report that the work of amending, updating and checking of the Hindi Film Geet Kosh Volume I (1931-1940) has been completed, for now. This a major update since September 1988 when the First Edition of this volume was published (almost 36 years ago!) and incorporates all the information available to us as of now.
We had already updated the Censor Certificate information on June 25, 2024. Now, we have updated the Filmography. Here is a summary of the new information added.
- Many items such as the Producer, Director, Music Director were missing or incomplete, they has been updated.
- Cast information has been updated from newly available booklets, magazines, films etc.
- The comment section has been updated and expanded with new information.
Books based on the filmography and Song information will follow in due course.
The database website is
The Database Website
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Filmfare Feb 26, 1971.
Seen in Padosi (1941), Guide (1965)
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