The aim of the project was to collect information about the history of special effects in the context of Indian cinema. A need to document the history of special effects is observed. The Indian filmmaker has been content with experimenting with topics and ideas, but the efforts by these pioneers, the techniques used, and the social implications of the choice of subject have not been steadily recorded in a single place. The project was to have an output that would give an overview of the factors contributing to the advent of special effects in Indian cinema. Due to time constraints, the research has been limited to the mythological film genre, which was the first genre to grace the Indian film scene and relied heavily on special effects for storytelling. Similar research could be carried out for the entire genre that followed.