What were the first movies you saw?

.As mentioned previously, Indian film gained an enormous boost at the turn of the century, which is obvious from this graph and the one below.  The films of the early 2000s tend to be easier “entry” films for an unfamiliar viewer.  They were aimed at the growing diaspora audience, and therefore included fewer complex social and historical allusions than earlier films.  In addition, they tended to be more technically and narratively accessible.  Everything from the quality of the film stock to the depiction of religion was designed to be more aligned with Western standards.