Hariyanvi cinema refers to the Haryanvi language film industry in Haryana state in North India.Hariyanvi cinema also known as Hariwood. Dharti (1968) is known as the first Haryanvi language film made in Haryana. This film did not do well at the box office. In 1984, Devi Shankar Prabhakar's Chandrawal was influential enough to ensure that Haryanvi film production would continue. It was the third Haryanavi-language film to be released and the first of those films to be financially successful. It broke multiple box office records and was most successful in Haryana, Western U.P., Delhi and parts of Rajasthan.