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Where India first went to the movies - Mathura Bhavan

Somewhere on Dadasaheb Phalke Marg, between the flower vendors and the afternoon rush, stands a building that most Mumbaikars walk past without a second glance. It's called Mathura Bhavan and in 1912, a man named Dhundiraj Govind Phalke moved in, built a makeshift glass room in the compound, draped a sheet over a window for a darkroom, and quietly invented Indian cinema. He shot one frame of a pea plant growing. Every single day. For a month. That 60-second film convinced investors he wasn't mad

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