Gevacolor

Gevacolor is a color motion picture process. It was introduced in 1947 by Gevaert in Belgium, and an affiliate of Agfacolor. The process and company flourished in the 1950s as it was suitable for on location shooting. Both the companies merged in 1964 to form Agfa-Gevaert, and continued producing film stock till the 1980s.[1]

List of films taken in Gevacolor

Bangladeshi films

Title	Color	Year	Notes	Ref.
Narom Garom	Gevacolor	Unknown	First feature Bangla film shot in Gevacolor.

European films

Title	Color	Year	Notes	Ref.
La maison du printemps	Gevacolor	1949	First ever film shot in Gevacolor.
Lúdas Matyi		1950	First feature film in Hungary to be shot in Gevacolor.
Blaubart	Color	1951	Shot in Gevacolor.
Cet âge est sans pitié	Gevacolor	1952
Senza veli		1952
Tarantella napoletana		1953
L'uomo, la bestia e la virtù	Partly in colour	1953	Some scenes were shot in Gevacolor.
La nave delle donne maledette	Gevacolor	1953
Le comte de Montechristo		1954
India: Matri Bhumi		1958	First documentary-hybrid film to be shot in Gevacolor.
L'albero degli zoccoli		1978	Last ever film shot in Gevacolor.

Indian films

Title	Color	Year	Notes	Ref.
Kalyaanam Pannippaar	Partly in colour	1952	First Tamil and South Indian film with a colour sequence. Song sequence of "Engu Sendraayo" filmed in colour.
Shahenshah	Gevacolor	1953	First full length Indian movie shot in Gevacolor.
Kanavaney Kankanda Deivam	Partly in colour	1955	Second Tamil film to have colour sequence. Song sequence of "Jagajothiye" and ending dance sequence in colour.
Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum	Colour	1956	First full length Tamil colour film
Marma Veeran	Partly in colour		Some scenes shot in colour.
Kannin Manigal			Contains sequences in Gevacolor. Lost film.
Thangamalai Ragasiyam		1957	Sequence of the song "Ehalogame" in colour
Ambikapathy			Sequence of duet songs in colour
Allaudinum Arputha Vilakkum			Song sequence of "Chelaadum Neerodai Meethae" in colour
Nadodi Mannan		1958	Second half in colour
Illarame Nallaram			Dance sequence by Saroja Devi and Kumari Kamala in colour.
Engal Kudumbam Perisu			Children's dance drama in colour
Thirumanam			Dance sequence by Gopi Krishna, Kumari Kamala and B. Sarojadevi in colour. This is a lost film with no surviving prints.
Veerapandiya Kattabomman	Gevacolor	1959	Shot entirely in Gevacolor, then prints released in Technicolor.
Athisaya Penn	Partly in Gevacolor		Film was shot in Gevacolor. The climax of this film was shot in Technicolor for 45 minutes.
Adutha Veetu Penn	Partly in colour	1960	The song "Enakkaga Nee Raja" was shot in colour.
Kuzhandhaigal Kanda Kudiyarasu			Some parts of the film appeared in colour.
Sri Valli	Colour	1961	Although shot entirely in colour, the film was not a commercial success because of a draggy storyline.
Kappalottiya Thamizhan	Partly in colour		A song sequence shot in colour.
Lava Kusa	Gevacolor	1963	The first full length Telugu film & the Last Tamil film to be shot in Gevacolor. Tamil colour films after 1963 were shot in Eastmancolour.

Malaysian films

Title	Color	Year	Notes	Ref.
Buloh Perindu	Gevacolor	1953	First feature film in Malaysia shot in Gevacolor.
Ribut	Gevacolor	1956	Third colour film in Malaysia and the second Gevacolor film.
Mahsuri	Gevacolor	1959	Third Gevacolor in Malaysia

See also

• List of film formats
• List of color film systems
• Imbibition
• List of early color feature films

References

1. Susan Hayward (2013). Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts (4 ed.). Routledge. p. 86. ISBN 978-1135120856.