The first festival screened 150 films during five days and drew 150,000 people.
By 1993, the festival only drew 44,000 people and as a result lost $722,000 dollars.
In 2004 the festival drew a record audience of 27,000.
The second festival, running from 3 to 6 July 2007, drew more than 600 attendees.
For more than two hundred years, this festival had drawn thousands from all over India.
In recent years the festival has drawn more than 10,000 people annually.
The most recent festival, held last month, was the largest yet and drew several hundred people.
Together the two festivals usually draw between 120,000 and 130,000 visitors.
The annual festival draws thousands of visitors from all over the world.
The growing festival drew more than 10,000 attendees that year.