At present[edit] At present India is the world's largest producer of films.

[16][17] In 2009, India produced a total of 2961 films on celluloid, that include 1288 feature films. [18] The provision of 100%foreign direct investment has made the Indian film market attractive for foreign enterprises such as 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures[19][20] and Warner Bros.[21] Indian enterprises such as Zee, UTV, Suresh Productions, Adlabs and Sun Network's Sun Pictures also participated in producing and distributing films. [21] Tax incentives to multiplexes have aided the multiplex boom in India.[21] By 2003 as many as 30 film production companies had been listed in the National Stock Exchange of India, making the commercial presence of the medium felt. [21] The South Indian film industry defines the four film cultures of South India as a single entity. They are the Kannada, the Malayalam, the Tamil and the Telugu industries. Although developed independently for a long period of time, gross exchange of film performers and technicians as well as globalisation helped to shape this new identity, currently holding 75% of all film revenues in India.[22] The Indian diaspora consists of millions of Indians overseas for which films are made available both through mediums such as DVDs and by screening of films in their country of residence wherever commercially feasible. [23] These earnings, accounting for some 12% of the revenue generated by a mainstream film, contribute substantially to the overall revenue of Indian cinema, the net worth of which was found to be US$1.3 billion in 2000.[24] Music in Indian cinema is another substantial revenue generator, with the music rights alone accounting for 45% of the net revenues generated by a film in India. [24] Bollywood film industry is as old as Hollywood. Since 1960, India has been holding therecord of producing the maximum number of commercial films and has attracted the maximum number of viewers;

Size of the industry The total size in the year 2009 was Rs 6,800 crore and projected size by the year end of 2010: Rs 15,300 crore and growing with CAGR I.e. the compound annual growth rate of 18% . India has the unique distinguishing producing capacity the largest number of films anywhere in the world and in many languages. India produces about more than 1000 feature films and 900 short films every year. With rough estimations, a total of about 15 million people see films in India everyday, either in its over 13,000 cinema houses, or on Video and Cable.

Total contribution to the economy/ sales In the year 2008-09 the Indian film Industry contributed $6.2 billion to India's GDP while employing 1.8 million people according to a study prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers. According to the analysts the film industry contributed $1.5 billion to the Indian economy, which includes the $67 million contribution of the American and international film industry. The total gross output, which includes total revenue from various streams such as theatrical home video, etc of the US and foreign film industry in India is estimated at $180 million.The revenues of the Indian film industry were over $7.7 billion in 2008 and the report predicts that it is expected to grow 11% over the next five years, reaching a size of over $13 billion by 2013.

Top leading Companiess

Sony Pictures Zee Televisons Pritish Nandy Communications Cinevistas Sahara One Media and Entertainment Ltd Saregama India Ltd UTV Software Communications Ltd Balaji Telefilms Ltd Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd

Employment opportunities For full fledged entertainment career one should obtain a bachelor's degree in the respective field after completion of the plus-two level. The Indian film industry is making it big, both at home and abroad.

Indian Film Industry has made available the talented youngsters with many opportunities. With the launch of cable channels, job opportunities in the Indian Film industry are increasing like never before. One can explore areas like:

Direction Production Camera Sound Lighting Editing Graphics Maintenance

Indian Film Industry is just not restricted to fun and entertainment and earning profits but is also one of the biggest employment generating industries of the Indian economy. Today the growth of this industry is quite phenomenal with the changing preferences of movie-goers and filmmakers.

Latest developments

The Indian Film Industry is estimated to have grown at a CAGR of 5 % over the past 3 years. The Indian Film Industry has earned revenues of around Rs 89 billion in size in 2009 and growth of 14 % over 2008. According to estimations by FICCI and Ernst and Young, Indian Film Industry had worth more than Rs. 400,000 million in 2008. The industry is growing with many positive developments like the accordance of the 'industry' status to the film industry, satellite channel penetration, the retail boom in the channels for music sales (Music World & Planet M), the use of digital technology in all spheres of entertainment and the growth of multiplexes have contributed to

the growth of this sector Indian film industry is now increasingly getting professional as lot of production houses such as Yash Raj Productions, Dharma Productions, Mukta Arts etc. are now working on corporate lines. According to FICCI-KMG 2010 over the next 5 years, the Indian film industry is projected to grow at the CAGR of 9% and reach the size of Rs 137 billion by 2014.