The first time the public saw a film — Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat, was back in 1895. It was a silent film where a steam engine seemingly charged straight at the audience, making the poor guys duck for cover. A year earlier, William Friese Greene filed a patent to view images in the Three Dimensional format or as we know it 3D. Just like any other technology, this surreal format seems to be finally gaining ground after 119 years since its invention.

How it all began
70 years ago on this day, House of Wax became the first 3D colour film to be screened across cinemas. In India, the same impact was created on a multitude of cinemagoers including Remo D’Souza, choreographer and director of ABCD (Any Body Can Dance) with Chhota Chetan, Jijo Punnose’s breakthrough 3D film that hit Indian cinemas in 1984. Punnose is the son of Malayalam cinema legend — Navodaya Appachan, who is responsible for India’s first cinemascope and first 70 mm film.