Royal Exhibitors
Royal Exhibitors was the former film exhibiting company of Kerala, established by Kattukkaran Varunny Joseph who is known as "Father of film exhibiting industry of Kerala.[1][2]"
History[edit]
Kattukkaran Varunny Joseph exhibited a film show in 1907 at Thekkinkadu Maidan a connection with Thrissur Pooram with his Bio-scope projector which had been purchased from Vincent Paul, a railway officer from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. He built a tent to exhibit his film show in the Maidan that could fit around hundred people at a time. The show was some video clips of blooming flowers, horse races and the life of Christ with unrelated narrations that nevertheless astounded the crowd. After a while, Varunny toured all of south India with his Bioscope and eventually established the first electrically operated film projection named Jose Electrical Bioscope, with the advent of electricity, in 1913. An unprecedented disaster struck when he lost his bioscope to a storm, when sailing from Mangalore after an exhibition. Not one to give up, K W Joseph, founded Royal Exhibitors company, in partnership with a few others. He also eventually founded Babysun Talkies, laying the foundation for film exhibition in Kerala.[1]
Establishments[edit]
In 1936, Jose Theatre in Thrissur which is the first permanent theatre in Kerala, Davison Theatre in Kozhikode and later Sapna Theatre in Thrissur were establish under Royal Exhibitors.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 ifft.in. "K. W. JOSEPH Awards".
- ↑ വായനാമുറി.കോം. "കാട്ടൂക്കാരൻ വാറുണ്ണി ജോസഫ്: സിനിമ പോലൊരു ജീവിതം". Retrieved 26 November 2012.
- ↑ കേരള ട്രെൻഡിങ്.കോം. "ആദ്യകാല ചലച്ചിത്രപ്രവർത്തനങ്ങൾ". Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ↑ prnewswire. "Sapna Theatre in Thrissur Embraces Auro 11.1 Barco's Immersive Sound".
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