A |
Assamese |
act |
actor/actress/acting |
AIR |
All India Radio |
aka |
also known as |
anim |
animation |
a.o. |
among others |
AP |
Andhra Pradesh |
B |
Bengal/Bengali |
b&w |
black and white |
BBC |
British Broadcasting Corporation |
Bh |
Bhojpuri |
BJP |
Bharatiya Janata Party |
c |
cinematography |
c. |
circa |
cf |
compare/see also |
CFS |
Children’s Film Society |
CIRCO |
Cine Industries & Recording Company |
Co. |
Company |
co-d/s |
co-director/scenarist |
col |
colour |
Corp. |
Corporation |
CP |
Communist Party |
CPI |
Communist Party of India |
CPI(M) |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
CPI(ML) |
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) |
d |
director/directed |
dial |
dialogues/dialogue writer |
Dist. |
District |
Distr. |
distribution/distributors |
DMK |
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
Doc |
documentary |
E |
English |
e.g. |
for instance |
Ents |
Enterprises |
esp. |
especially |
Est: |
established |
et al. |
and others |
FFC |
Film Finance Corporation |
FTII |
Film and Television Institute of India (Pune) |
G |
Gujarati |
H |
Hindi |
ICC |
Report of the Indian Cinematograph Committee 1927–28. |
i.e. |
that is to say |
Int. |
International |
IPTA |
Indian Peoples’ Theatre Association |
ISRO |
Indian Space Research Organisation |
K |
Kannada |
lp |
leading players |
lyr |
lyrics/lyricist |
Mal |
Malayalam |
Mar |
Marathi |
MGR |
Ramachandran, Marudur Gopalamenon |
MP |
Member of Parliament/Madhya Pradesh |
MPEAA |
Motion Picture Export Association of America |
MUKT |
Marketing Union of Kinematograph Technicians |
m |
music |
NFDC |
National Film Development Corporation NTR |
Rama |
Rao, Nandamuri Taraka |
O |
Oriya |
P |
Punjabi |
PAG |
Progressive Artists Group |
pc |
production company |
Pics |
pictures |
p |
producer |
pov |
point of view |
Prod. |
production(s) |
PWA |
Progressive Writers’ Association |
R |
Rajasthani |
s |
script and story |
sc |
script |
Sh |
short film |
SITE |
Satellite Instructional Television Experiment |
St |
Silent |
st |
story |
Tam |
Tamil |
Tel |
Telugu |
TN |
Tamil Nadu |
TV |
television |
U |
Urdu |
UCLA |
University of California at Los Angeles |
UP |
Uttar Pradesh |
USC |
University of Southern California |
WW1/2 |
World War 1/2 |
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