Recently, as one did a round of Sunday cleaning for the bookshelves, a fascinating bit of information emerged. That back in 1899, the Hanging Gardens atop Malabar Hill had actually been featured as a location to shoot one some of India’s first ever cinematic experiments. Film maker Harishchandra S Bhatavdekar shot The Wrestlers that featured a wrestling bout.

He used an imported Riley camera to make the first film shot on location. Of course, if one visits this tourist attraction today, there is no mention of this historic and cinematic milestone. Sigh.