The East India Film Company was an Indian film production company, based in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India.[1] It was the first Indian film company to screen a movie at an international film festival. Started in 1932 in Calcutta, by R. L. Khemka, it went on to be a pioneer in producing films across the several regional film industries, including Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Telugu, and Tamil,[1] in the decade after its founding; till then, production companies were restricted regionally.[2][3][1]
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