'''1937: Key Events''' * Elections under the 1935 Act, when several political veterans contest for governmental office for the first time in their lives, leads to a Congress triumph in 8 of the 11 British-ruled provinces. * C. P. Ramaswamy Aiyer, the dewan of Travancore, announces the Temple Entry proclamation and later concedes communal representation to keep the Christian, Ezhava and Muslim communities from becoming a joint opposition to Nair and caste-Hindu domination. * Amrita Sher-Gil, who returned to India in 1934, visits the Ajanta and Mattancheri murals (1936-7), and paints her major works, Brahmacharis and Bride’s Toilet. * First ‘songless’ film, [[J. B. H. Wadia]]’s [[Naujawan]]. * The first indigenously made colour film is [[idwani]]’s [[Kisan Kanya]], using the Cinecolor process acquired by Imperial. * [[T. R. Sundaram]] starts [[Modern Theatres]] in Salem; Newtone Studio starts in Madras. * The Indian Motion Picture Producers’ Association (IMPPA) is formed in Bombay, the first and for several years the most influential trade union in the film industry. * [[Sant Tukaram]] receives a special jury mention in Venice. * The Amateur Cine Society of India is formed in Bombay by, a. o. , [[P. V. Pathy]], Stanley Jepson and Rudi Van Leyden. * Jogjiban Bandyopadhyay sets up the Bengali film weekly Kheyali.