Indian cinema which was initiated by Dadasaheb Phalke, turned 107 this year. Times are changing and now regional cinemas are giving a tough competition to the mainstream movies. The contribution of the regional movies in the century-long journey of Indian cinema surely needs to be acknowledged.

Gujrati Cinema is one of the major film industries in India which is casually known as Dhollywood or Gollywood. Even though the first Gujarati film was released in 1932, it took nearly 87 years for the industry to receive a national award for a film.

Gujarati actress Deeksha Joshi who recently received the best actress award for her film ‘Dhunki’ said that Gujarati Cinema and most importantly every regional cinema has always faced economic difficulties. Today, things have changed, even the Gujarati films are in the race of National awards. It is good to see that regional cinema is being recognized in the national market. The actress thanked the Gujarati industry for giving her such a great platform to explore myself as an actor and would love to explore Hindi and other cinemas as well.

The regional cinema is an important pillar of the Indian Cinema that takes our culture, language and diversity at a global level through the process of film making.