Bambino Cinema

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Bambino Cinema
بیمبینو سنیما
Bambino Cinema
Interactive map of Bambino Cinema
General information
TypeMovie theatre
Location Saddar, Karachi, Pakistan
Coordinates 24°51′51″N67°01′31″E / 24.8641°N 67.0253°E / 24.8641; 67.0253
Opened1968
OwnerSheikh Kashif Imtiaz
Design and construction
ArchitectsNaqvi & Siddiqui Associates

The Bambino Cinema, is located in Saddar area of Karachi. [1]

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History

The Bambino Cinema was built in the 1960s as the first cinema in Pakistan with a double balcony seating and 70 mm film screen and projection equipment. [2] It was inaugurated by President Ayub Khan in 1968. [3]

During the 1970s, when the Pakistani film industry was in its boom, a mini-cinema Scala was built on its first floor. The cinema is also famous because it was built by Hakim Ali Zardari, [4] father of Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari, who sold it later. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Bambino always comes to haunt Zardari". Samaa TV . 2014-09-27. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  2. ↑ "Karachi's iconic Bambino Cinema, once a haven for moviegoers, to be turned into plaza". Arab News PK. 2022-08-18. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  3. ↑ Rehman, Atika (2012-09-23). "Bambino Cinema: Inaugurated by Ayub, destroyed by a mob". The Express Tribune . Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  4. ↑ Salman, Peerzada (2012-10-26). "Bambino cinema rises from the ashes". Dawn . Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  5. ↑ Mahmood, Rafay (2011-05-26). "Bambino: Dust in the wind?". The Express Tribune . Retrieved 2023-01-02.
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