"In its first 50 years, Indian cinema held the country together. The commonality among most Indians was cinema. Cricket, television soaps, all came much later, " Kapur told.
"In their heydays, actors like Sivaji Ganesan, Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand, were the first, truly pan-Indian icons after (Jawaharlal) Nehru and (Mahatma) Gandhi, " he added.
Kapur was in the capital to attend a Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) summit on the media and entertainment industry.
Indian cinema completes a century next year.
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