The Biju Patnaik Film and Television Institute of Odisha (BPFTIO) here observed the Cinema Day for two days on Sunday and Monday remembering the lumier brother’s first private screening of projected motion pictures in 1895.
The lumier brothers had screened films with admission charges for viewers first on December 28, 1895 at the Salon Indien du Grand Café in Paris. Some classic Odia cinemas like Maya Miriga, Kathantara, Nila Mastrani, Puja Pain Phulatie, Aa Akare Aaa, documentaries like Jyotshna, Dragon Fly and a Snake, Yatra Jiban and short films like Prayas were screened and analysed on the occasion.