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At the turn of this century, when the country was poised for major social and political reforms, a new entertainment form dawned in India-the Cinema. The first exposure to motion pictures which India received was in 1896, when the Lumiere Brothers' Chinematographe unveiled six soundless short films at Watson Hotel, Esplanade Mansion, Bombay on July 7. And the first exposing of celluloid in camera by an Indian and its consequent screening took place in 1899, when Harishchandra Bhatvadekar (Save Dada) shot two short films and exhibited them under Edison's projecting kinetoscope. Bollywood - Bombay Film Industry, has taken name from Bombay + Hollywood You can look Bollywood same history at both of these sites, exactly same. A complete Bollywood Entertainment Website More Information: Bollywood Music - Your favourite Hindi songs! Bollywood Pictures Gallery - Bollywood World |