Lumiere Brothers

In India, the First motion picture was projected by Lumiere Brothers (Auguste and Louis Lumière) at Watson’s Hotel, Bombay in 1896. They are known as earliest filmmakers in history. The first cinema ad appeared in the Times of India, Bombay, on July 7, 1896, with details of the “Living Photographic pictures in life-size reproductions by Messrs Lumiere Brothers”