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The '''cinema of Rajasthan''' refers to [[film]]s produced in [[Rajasthan]] in north-western [[India]]. These films are produced in various regional and tribal languages including [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]] varieties such as [[Mewari language|Mewari]], [[Marwari language|Marwari]], [[Harauti language|Hadoti]] etc. <br />
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==Overview==<br />
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The first Rajasthani movie was ''[[Nazrana (1942 film)|Nazrana]]'', a Marwari film directed by G. P. Kapoor and released in 1942.<ref name="encyclopedia1">{{cite encyclopedia | title=1942 | encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema | access-date=2 May 2020 | pages=1869 | isbn=9781135943257 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1869| last1=Rajadhyaksha | first1=Ashish | last2=Willemen | first2=Paul | date=10 July 2014 }}</ref> ''Babasa Ri Ladli'', produced by B. K. Adarsh, was released in 1961 and has been described as the first hit Rajasthani movie.<ref name="encyclopedia2">{{cite encyclopedia | title=Babasa Ri Ladli | encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema | access-date=2 May 2020 | pages=1994 | isbn=9781135943257 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1869| last1=Rajadhyaksha | first1=Ashish | last2=Willemen | first2=Paul | date=10 July 2014 }}</ref><br />
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The 1983 film ''[[Mhari Pyri Channana]]'' by producer and director [[Jatinkumar Agarrwal]] was the first [[Silver Jubilee#South Asian film terminology|Silver jubilee]] film in Rajasthani.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}<br />
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Between 1987 and 1995 a number of Rajasthani films were produced, including the musical ''[[Bai Chali Sasariye]]'' from 1988, which was reported to be the only successful Rajasthani-language film production in the 1980s and 1990s.<ref name="indiaglitz">{{cite news|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/17119.html|title=The lights dim on Rajasthan film industry|last=Sharma|first=Anil|date=1 October 2005|work=indiaglitz.com|publisher=Indiaglitz|access-date=2009-07-11}}</ref><br />
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Since the mid-1990s, the number of films produced in Rajasthan has been low, for reasons including lack of promotion and poor production quality.<ref name="peril">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090601124628/http://www.screenindia.com/news/regional-film-industry-in-rajasthan-in-peril/326916/ Regional film industry in Rajasthan in peril], screenindia.com 27 June 2008, archived version retrieved 8 September 2014</ref><ref name="indiaglitz" /> <br />
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Film producers in Rajasthani cinema include B. K. Adarsh, [[Ram Raj Nahta]], [[Bharat Nahta]], [[Bhanu Prakash Rathi]], and [[Ajai Chowdhary]], and directors include [[Nawal Mathur]] of Jodhpur, [[Mohan Singh Rathor]], [[Mohan Kataria]], [[Ajit Singh (film director)|Ajit Singh]], and [[Bhanu Prakash Rathi]]. [[Neelu Vaghela]], [[Gajendra S. Shrotriya]], and Jatinkumar Agarrwal have been both producers and directors.<br />
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To encourage the production of Rajasthani movies, a [[tax holiday]] for cinemas in towns and cities with fewer than 100,000 inhabitants was announced in the 2008 budget of the Rajasthani Government,<ref name="peril" /> and the entertainment tax was lowered.<ref name="boomtime">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080409190339/http://www.screenindia.com/news/Boomtime-for-Rajasthan-cinema/289092/ Boomtime for Rajasthan cinema], Screen India 28 March 2008, archived version retrieved 7 Sep 2014</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of Rajasthani language films]]<br />
*[[List of films shot in Rajasthan]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.imdb.com/language/raj Rajasthani language films] at [[Internet Movie Database]]<br />
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