Samikannu Vincent, a drafts man of southern railways found Cinematograph as a business on 1905. Just 10 years have rolled after cinematography was invented by Lumier Brothers of France. Resigning his job from southern railways, Samikannu Vincent bought a Projector from French touring cinema exhibiter, Dupont.
cinema business of South India began to bloom on that very moment.
Samikannu Vincent became a touring movie exhibitor. At those times, movies were silent, as sound technology was incorporated with the movies only on 1927. Samikannu Vincent had to exhibit the movies and explain the story or content of the movies to the audience. The exhibitor would stand aside the screen and keep explaining loudly what is running on the screen. A tough and techno oriented job, made samikannu Vincent an expert of cinematography.
He was the first exhibitor of movies in south india. He was the first and sole dealer of Pathe Projector Company for south india, which was an international brand, then.
Samikkannu vincennt ran more than 200 touring theatres across south india. Inspired by him, many exhibitors could bloom later. Samikannu Vincent believed that cinema would be a great business and he proved it for first in south india.
That’s why we call samikannu Vincent ‘Father of movies in south india’
Samikannu Vincent built a tent theater, which is semi permanent, in Chennai and named it ‘Edison’, to remember the originator of camera technology.
Samikannu Vincent toured across south Asia with his touring theaters. He carried the art of movie and newly found fountain of business, ‘Movies’, to Pakistan, Bangladesh, afganistan, mianmar, Singapore and so on.
Having a welfare deal with british PWD officials, Samikannnu Vincent generated electricity power at Coimbatore. He was the first person who lit the electric lamps in Coimbatore. That’s an unforgettable history!
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