Facts about Film and Print Media

• The birth of cinema in India can be attributed to Lumiere Brother's first public show at Watson Hotel in Mumbai on July 7,1896.

• Drama is to be performed live with all the instruments for music.

• In Telugu, the first mooki was Bhishma Pratigna.

• Cinema has become the major form of Entertainment.

• The films influence the society greatly. There are good and bad effects on the public with the influence of films.

• Printing has played a big role in spreading literacy to the masses.

• Print media includes daily newspapers, weeklies, monthlies and other forms of printed journals.

• Technological reforms modernized the print media.

• The first newspaper in Telugu was 'Krishna Patrika' edited by Mutnuri Krishna Rao.