MUMBAI: Eminent filmmaker Yash Chopra, who is chairperson of the Ficci Entertainment Committee, said today that the film industry was planning to mark the centenary of Indian cinema in a major manner in 2013.

He announced at the inauguration of Ficci Frames 2010 that the centenary celebrations were being launched from this meet.

Seeking support of the state government and Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, he said cinema had seen its birth in Maharashtra with the making of the first indigenous feature film ‘Raja Harishchandra’ by D G Phalke (known as Dadasaheb Phalke) in 1913.

He also said the film industry was passing through great crisis and needed support. He said that the police was generally efficient but greater help was needed to curb piracy which was threatening the very existence of the industry.