Cinema Encyclopedia is the books that provide explanations of cinema in a detailed manner. When it comes to a specific region or industry, these encyclopediae are considered as documentation. act as a quick source of information for reference. They are the guides used to analyze cinema.
Importance of Encyclopedia and Indian Cinema
India in recent times failed to produce any proper Indian cinema documentation as the Indian movie Industry doesn’t have one region but variety of other regions. Movies themselves considered as references. They document the social, political, and economic status of a society. Encyclopedias are the documentation in the form of texts. These can be on an online source or in a book. Unfortunately, India has only Hindi Cinema Documentation or about a specific language cinema documentation. These are also been limited with few books or websites to have detailed verified information. Most of the other encyclopedia details only from the millennial era and not before that. This is because of no proper records.
Indian cinema as a whole doesn’t have any proper encyclopedia which is because of its intensive diversity. Online sources now have started this process to give as much information as possible. Cinema encyclopedia is not easy to do. That too in a country with its own regional cinemas in every region. Movie lovers collect such encyclopedia to have information on the Anniversary of Composers, directors, actors, or about the process of film making or for the magnified perspective on the artists who made cinema revolution and many more.
So, efforts are taken by Indian movie lovers to document the whole Indian film industry. But it’s nearly impossible to satisfy every region of the audience with it as each region has its own history, artists and essence which cannot be covered in a single source. The encyclopedia is a quick reference and also a collection of memorable moments of history. So they play a major role in intensive studies.
