In India, cinema isn't just a passion. It is an obsession. We have perhaps inherited this acute addiction from the man who started it all, 99 years ago - the Father of Indian Cinema Dhundiraj Govind Phalke (1870-1944). Dadasaheb Phalke as we better know him as, held the first show of Raja Harishchandra what is widely considered to be the first Indian feature film at Bombay's Olympia Picture Palace on April 21, 1913. The commercial screenings started 12 days later, on May 3, 1913 at Coronation Cinematograph and Variety Hall, Sandhurst Road, Girgaum, Bombay.Most of us have seen only fleeting glimpses of this bud, that gradually grew to the mammoth movie industry that we have in India today. Phalke made use of the best of the technology available to him at his time for Raja Harishchandra (the actual film title spells it as Raja Harischandra, minus an 'h'). You can watch 11 minutes and 19 seconds of what is left of the landmark film (India's film archival history is not something that we can be very proud of). Using YouTube's 3D conversion technology you can also watch Raja Harishchandra in 3D. In the video embedded below, click on the settings (gear) icon and the 3D link will appear from there choose greyscale and also the type of 3D glasses you own to watch how India's first feature looks in a 3D avatar (Don't expect an Avatar though).
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