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Welcome to WikiProject Indian cinema and the Indian cinema group!

Contents 1 Scope 2 Notable articles 3 Participants 4 Tagging and assessment 5 To-do 6 Templates 6.1 Cinema of India notice 6.2 Bengali film 6.3 Bollywood film 6.4 Tamil film 6.5 Telugu films 6.6 Malayalam films 7 Awards 8 Conventions 8.1 Article parts 8.2 Images 8.3 External links 9 Resources 9.1 Annotated bibliography

[edit] Scope

The Indian cinema task force is a joint task force run between WikiProject Films and WikiProject India to ensure that Indian cinema-related articles on Wikipedia are written in an encyclopedic style, in a neutral manner using verifiable and reliable sources.

The scope of this WikiProject is to improve the quality and quantity of information on Wikipedia about Indian cinema, and raising the quality of already-existing articles.

Indian cinema may include domestic films, films made by Indian filmmakers abroad, films produced or co-produced by Indian companies, and foreign films shooting in India.

[edit] Notable articles

Some content supported by WikiProject Indian Cinema has reached featured article status, meaning they are amongst the very best content in Wikipedia. Also included here are articles that are either featured article candidates (FAC), FAC's that failed, those that have undergone peer review (PR) as part of an effort to get them to FA status, and those that have achieved good article (GA) status, the next-highest level of quality. Articles that appear in bold are actively undergoing article reviews.

Article	Status	Peer Review	FAC/FLC	Date promoted	Main contributors
Lage Raho Munna Bhai	Featured Article	PR	FAC 1, FAC 2	May 5, 2007	User:Amartyabag User:Classicfilms User:Dwaipayanc
Satyajit Ray	Featured article	PR	FAC	August 16, 2006	User:Shmitra
Preity Zinta	Featured article	PR 1, PR 2	FAC 1, FAC 2	May 27, 2008	User:Shshshsh
Ilaiyaraja	Failed FAC, Good Article	PR 1, PR 2	FAC 1, FAC 2	November 18, 2006	User:AppleJuggler
Mr. and Mrs. Iyer	Failed FAC, Good Article		FAC	February 23, 2008	User:Mspraveen
Lagaan	Failed FAC, Good Article		FAC	January 19, 2008	User:Mspraveen
Anand (2004 film)	Good Article			December 4, 2007	User:Mspraveen
Ananthabhadram	Good Article			August 22, 2007	User:Aditya Kabir
Bommarillu	Good Article			October 21, 2007	User:Mspraveen
Dor (film)	Good Article			March 7, 2008	User:Mspraveen
Rang De Basanti	Good Article			May 11, 2008	User:Mspraveen
Sivaji (film)	Good Article			January 28, 2008	User:Mspraveen
Parineeta (2005 film)	Good Article			December 21, 2007	User:Mspraveen
R. Madhavan	Good Article			September 23, 2007	User:Universal Hero
Unnale Unnale	Good Article			January 20, 2007	User:Universal Hero
Riya Sen	Good Article Candidate				User:Aditya Kabir

[edit] Participants

See Participants

[edit] Tagging and assessment

Indian cinema task force assessment statistics Indian cinema articles Importance Top High Mid Low None Total Quality FA 2 1 3 A 1 1 GA 1 4 6 11 B 2 7 6 5 39 59 Start 9 15 64 637 725 Stub 1 13 40 1115 2241 3410 List 507 507 Assessed 3 31 63 1188 3431 4716 Unassessed 2 1 3 111 117 Total 3 33 64 1191 3542 4833 worklist • log • category

Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding both Indian-task-force=yes to the {{Film}} project banner and cinema=yes to the {{WP India}} project banner. Each should be located at the top of the article's talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it into Category:Indian cinema task force articles.

[edit] To-do

• Tag articles.
• Recruit interested editors.
• Collect categories, resource links, and templates.
• Expand the open task listing above.
• Notebook for Indian cinema of project goals and sections of Indian cinema articles that need addressing, cleanup, expanding, referencing, infoboxes, filmography sorting etc etc..
• Add things here!

[edit] Templates

• For main project templates, see the sidebar.
• Userbox: {{User WikiProject Indian cinema}}
• For stub-class articles relating to Indian film etc., use {{India-film-stub}} instead. It will produce:

This article about an Indian film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[edit] Cinema of India notice

Place this template {{CinemaofIndia}}, at the bottom of all articles under the supervision of WP:INCINE to help provide an organised guide to Indian Cinema. Employ this template judiciously and not indiscriminately; if an article is stub-class with little content or if another template is already included, consider whether the addition of {{CinemaofIndia}} will improve and enhance the article. It will produce:

v • d • e Cinema of India Industries: Assamese • Bengal • Bollywood • Karnataka • Kollywood • Malayalam • Marathi • Punjwood •Tollywood Indian films A–Z • Films: Assamese • Bengali • Bhojpuri • Gujarati • Hindi • Kannada • Malayalam • Marathi • Punjabi • Sindhi • Tamil • Telugu • Urdu Actors • Art Directors • Awards • Directors • Choreographers • Cinematographers • Composers • Editors • Festivals • Lyricists • Playback singers • Producers • Screenwriters

[edit] Bengali film

Place this template also above the main Indian template on all Bengali films {{Cinema of Bengal}} to connect to the catalogue of Bengali films.

It will produce:

v • d • e Cinema of Bengal History Billwamangal · Dena Paona · Dhirendra Nath Ganguly · Hiralal Sen · Kanon Bala · J.F. Madan · Madan Theatres · Minerva Theatres · New Theatres · Pramathesh Barua · Royal Bioscope · Star Theatres · more Directors Buddhadev Dasgupta · Ritwik Ghatak · Gautam Ghose · Rituparno Ghosh · Tarun Majumdar · Hrishikesh Mukherjee · Satyajit Ray · Bimal Roy · Aparna Sen · Hiralal Sen · Mrinal Sen · Tapan Sinha · more Actors Pramathesh Barua · Chhabi Biswas · Victor Bannerjee · Jaya Bhaduri · Sabitri Chatterjee · Soumitra Chatterjee · Rabi Ghosh · Uttam Kumar · Madhabi Mukherjee · Konkona Sen Sharma · Suchitra Sen · Sharmila Tagore · more Films 36 Chowringhee Lane · Aparajito · Apur Sansar · Billwamangal · Charulata · Chokher Bali · Dena Paona · Deep Jwélé Jaai · Ghare Baire · Hansuli Banker Upokotha · Harano Sur · Jibon Theke Neya · Matir Moyna · Meghe Dhaka Tara · Neel Akasher Neechey · Pather Panchali · Saptapadi · Tahader Katha · Titli · Unishe April · more

[edit] Bollywood film

Place this template also above the main Indian template on all Bollywood films {{Bollywood}} to connect to the catalogue of Bollywood films by year, putting each film in its chronological context.

It will produce:

v • d • e Bollywood Hindi films A-Z — Films by year: 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 · 1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008

[edit] Tamil film

Place this template also above the main Indian template on all Tamil films {{Tamilcinema}} to connect to the catalogue of Tamil films by year, putting each film in its chronological context.

It will produce:

v • d • e Kollywood Tamil films A-Z • 1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s

[edit] Telugu films

Place this template also above the main Indian template on all Telugu films {{Tollywood}} to connect to the catalogue of Telugu films by year, putting each film in its chronological context.

It will produce:

v • d • e Telugu cinema Telugu films A-Z • Films by the decade: 1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 •

[edit] Malayalam films

Place this template also above the main Indian template on all Malayalam films {{Malayalamcinema}} to connect to the catalogue of Malayalam films by year, putting each film in its chronological context.

It will produce:

v • d • e Malayalam cinema Malayalam films A-Z • 1928-1959 • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s

[edit] Awards

The Bollywood Star is awarded to Wikipedians with great contribution to articles related to Indian cinema in general and Bollywood. To award this barnstar to an editor, paste the following code on their talk-page and include a general message about their contributions to any article or area of Indian cinema:

{{subst:Indian Cinema Barnstar|message ~~~~}}

The South Indian Cinema Award is awarded to Wikipedians who tirelessly foster or contribute to the improvement of articles relating to Indian cinema, particularly South Indian cinema and its music. To award this barnstar to an editor, paste the following code on their talk-page and include a general message about their contributions to any article or area of Wikipedia that deals with South Indian cinema:

{{subst:South Indian Cinema Barnstar|message ~~~~}}

Both awards are listed on WP:WPPA under WikiProject Awards.

[edit] Conventions

[edit] Article parts

Indian film articles often lack conciseness. This is due sometimes to the over-enthusiasm of editors for the subject matter. It should be understood that such articles are intended to convey straightforward information about films to readers. Following Wikipedia conventions, detailed plot synopses are allowed although they should observe a limit of 400-700 words, not exceeding 900 words. The basic structure of a film article must follow the Wikipedia Manual of Style (Films).

Articles on Indian actors and directors should be understood to fall primarily under the control of Biographies of Living People (assuming that subjects of articles are alive) and should generally follow the Wikipedia Manual of Style (Biographies). Within this project, articles fall into a standard pattern of a lead paragraph, followed by sections dedicated to background, career, personal life, awards, filmography, external links and references. See Satyajit Ray for an example of a good article related to a director.

Articles on Indian musicians generally consist of the following sections: lead paragraph, background, career, awards, partial discography, external links and references.

Articles on films should include a lead paragraph, infobox, and synopsis. See Lage Raho Munna Bhai for an example of a good film article.

If applicable, new articles can be created to list a full filmography/discography and must be linked to the main articlepage of the subject.

[edit] Images

It should be noted that Wikipedia's rules on Image uploads are extremely strict, and all uploads must be accompanied by a comprehensive fair-use rationale. Help:Image is a good guideline that explains the process of uploading images and what needs to be completed.

Copyrighted images of actors, actresses and directors from websites all over the Internet are disallowed and will be deleted. An easy rule-of-thumb to remember is: "If you don't know where it comes from, don't upload it."

Several editors have worked hard to make sure that all pictures used are acceptable for Wikipedia. One such strategy is to search for images of living people on an image-sharing site such as Flickr, where only images released under a Creative Commons 2.0 license are acceptable. In other words, the image must be released under a license that allows sharing and remixing of the work. BollywoodBlog.Com is a site that releases images under such a suitable Creative Commons license.

[edit] External links

External links should follow the Wikipedia guideline on external links. Official websites of films or film actors are preferred over non-official websites. Fansites are often of low quality and feature commercial links. There are many sites for popular actors and linking to one makes it fair to link to all. Therefore a consensus is emerging that only links to the actor's official site and IMDB article are allowable, as well as content on reputable sites (BBC news interviews, etc).

[edit] Resources

• Indian title search on IMDb
• Box office figures
• Add things here!

[edit] Annotated bibliography

Please use the following format when adding works:

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** Content:
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** Reviews: 
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** Editor comments: 
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