https://youtu.be/NGEIq7I7aPw?si=RVuh9R3skniUgd5y India’s First Advertising Film – A Forgotten First by Hiralal Sen Long before modern commercials flooded cinema halls and television screens, Hiralal Sen, one of India’s earliest filmmakers, pioneered advertising films in the late 1890s through his production house, Royal Bioscope Company. At a time when cinema itself was a novelty, Hiralal Sen created India’s first known advertising films to promote products such as Jabakusum Hair Oil and Edwards