Description: Chhattisgarh Film Association is started with a mission to promote production houses, Promotions and productions of movies, documentary, TV Serials of Chhattisgarh Film Industry.
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Chhattisgarh 'Thirty-Six Forts' is a state located in the region of Central India. Formerly part of Madhya Pradesh, it was granted statehood on November 1, 2000. It is the 9th-largest state in India, with an area of 135,192 km2 (52,198 sq mi). As of 2020, it has a population of roughly 29.4 million, making it the 17th most populated state in the country. The state was formed by the partition of ten Chhattisgarhi and six Gondi-speaking districts in the southeast of Madhya Pradesh. Its capital city is Raipur.
Chhollywood refers to the film industry of Chhattisgarh state, central India, or to the cinema in the Chhattisgarhi language. It was established in 1965 with the release of first Chhattisgarhi film Kahi Debe Sandesh ("In Black and White").
In 2000, the Chhattisgarhi film industry was reborn with Satish Jain's produced and directed Mor Chhainha Bhuinya, released on October 27, 2000. Three days later, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee announced the creation of Chhattisgarh state. It is said that film was a mega-blockbuster as the film was produced at just Rs 20-30 lakh but earned back over Rs 2 crore (₹20 million, $438,18.60). In 2005, Lata Mangeshkar sung a song for a Chhattisgarhi movie called Bhakla, which was composed by the Music directo