This is one of the earliest films to be shot in India - it was filmed in 1899.
The film apparently shows the Kolkata (Calcutta) ghats as seen from the perspective of a boat travelling along the H...
This is one of the earliest films to be shot in India - it was filmed in 1899.
The film apparently shows the Kolkata (Calcutta) ghats as seen from the perspective of a boat travelling along the Hooghly river, a tributary of the Ganges.
However, although the film's title states that this is Calcutta, the footage was in fact shot in the holy city of Varanasi (also on the Ganges). The filmmaker from the Warwick Trading Company clearly had a short memory or a limited sense of geography. (Robin Baker)
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Any one who has uploaded this vedio pls chabge the title, I am Bengali but I am brought up in Benaras aur Kashi aur Varanasi and this is Varanasi not Calcutta.
@Jay78bhupats - hey it gives you the whole history of the film if you can be bothered to read the information provided. the film's title is 'Panorama of Calcutta' even if the film was shot in Varanasi!!
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