July 7, 1896 marked the arrival of cinema in India when six films of the Lumiere Brothers were screened for the first time at the Watson Hotel in Bombay. The screening caused a sensation and inspired many Indians to plunge into the exciting new world of the moving image leading to the silent film era in the country, a time of experimentation and innovation lead by many pioneering filmmakers. The obvious names that come to mind are Dadasaheb Phalke, the Father of Indian cinema, Baburao Painter, D