ABBREVIATIONS

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

images

Balraj Sahni and Nirupa Roy in Do Bigha Zameen