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In 1897, a film presentation by filmmaker Professor Stevenson featured a stage show at Calcutta's Star Theatre.

Following the screening of the Lumière and Robert Paul moving pictures in London in 1896, commercial cinematography became a worldwide sensation and these films were shown in Bombay (now Mumbai) that same year. The history of cinema in India extends to the beginning of the film era. Major Indian enterprises in the film industry include Arka Media Works, Aascar Films, Aashirvad Cinemas, AGS Entertainment, AVM Productions, Eros International, Geetha Arts, Hombale Films, Lyca Productions, Modern Theatres, Mythri Movie Makers, Salman Khan Films, Sun Pictures, Suresh Productions, UTV Motion Pictures, Yash Raj Films and Zee Entertainment Enterprises. Indians overseas account for 12% of revenue for the industry. Modern film releases are dubbed into many languages, forming a Pan-India films movement. Indian cinema is a global enterprise and its films have wide viewership and fanbase throughout South Asia and have spread internationally.

As of 2022, Telugu cinema leads Indian cinema's box-office revenue. As of 2022, the combined revenue of South Indian film industries has surpassed that of the Mumbai-based Hindi film industry (Bollywood). Other prominent languages in the Indian film industry include Bengali, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Gujarati and Bhojpuri. In 2019, Hindi cinema represented 44% of box office revenue, followed by Telugu and Tamil film industries, each representing 13%, Malayalam and Kannada film industries, each representing 5%. Indian cinema is composed of multilingual and multi-ethnic film art. In terms of box office it ranked third in 2019, with total gross of around ₹19,000 crore (US$2.7 billion).

Major centers of film production across the country include Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Kochi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar- Cuttack, Guwahati, Delhi, Pune, Lucknow and Noida For a number of years the Indian film industry has ranked first in the world in terms of annual film output. The cinema of India or Indian cinema consists of motion pictures produced in India, which has had a large effect on world cinema since the late 20th century.