How two French brothers brought the magic of cinema to India
Known as the pioneers of motion pictures, the Lumiere Brothers arrived in India after their 50-second film called ‘The Arrival of a Train’ created waves in 1895, first in Paris and then in India. It was July 7, 1896, when the Lumiere Brothers arranged a screening of six films at the Watson Hotel in Bombay and India witnessed the birth of cinema as we know it today.
Known as the pioneers of motion pictures, the Lumiere Brothers arrived in India after their 50-second film called ‘The Arrival of a Train’ created waves in 1895, first in Paris and then in India. It was July 7, 1896, when the Lumiere Brothers arranged a screening of six films at the Watson Hotel in Bombay and India witnessed the birth of cinema as we know it today.
