Indian silent films

1913 film by Dadasaheb Phalke

1925 film by Franz Osten, Himanshu Rai

1918 silent film by R. Nataraja Mudaliar

1929 film by Franz Osten

1928 film by Franz Osten

1912 film by Dadasaheb Torne

1913 Indian mythological film directed by Dhundiraj Govind Phalke

1917 film by Dadasaheb Phalke

1964 short film directed Satyajit Ray

Vigathakumaran () is a 1928 (or possibly 1930) Indian silent film written, produced and directed by J. C. Daniel, who also played the hero in the movie. The lead actress P. K. Rosy was a Dalit who played an upper-caste Nair woman, which caused an uproar at the film's premiere at the Capitol Theatre in Thiruvananthapuram. It was the first Malayalam feature film and is considered India's first social drama. Daniel is regarded as the father of the Malayalam cinema industry for this work. Vigathakumaran is a lost film, of which no copy has survived.

1928 Indian silent film directed by Naresh Mitra

1931 British Indian lost silent film

1928 film by Shankradev Arya

Balidan, also called Sacrifice, is a 1927 Indian silent film directed by Naval Gandhi and based on a play by Rabindranath Tagore. It was produced by Orient Pictures Corporation. Balidan is cited as one of the top ten lost films of Indian Cinema by P. K. Nair. Hailed as "an excellent and truly Indian film" by The Indian Cinematograph Committee, 1927–28, Balidan was used by them as one of the films to "show how 'serious' Indian cinema could match Western standards".

1921 film by Kanjibhai Rathod

Bilwamangal (pronounced ), also known as Bhagat Soordas, is a 1919 Indian black-and-white silent film directed by Rustomji Dhotiwala, based on a story by Champshi Udeshi about the medieval Hindu devotional poet Bilwamangala (also identified with Surdas). This full length (12000 feet) film was produced by the Elphinstone Bioscope Company, Calcutta with Bengali intertitles and is credited as the first Bengali feature film. It was released on 1 November 1919 at Cornwallis Theatre in Calcutta. The National Film Archive of India acquired the footage of film from Cinémathèque Française, France in 20

1921 Indian film

1922 film by Sisir Bhaduri