Bambino Cinema

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Bambino Cinema
بیمبینو سنیما
Bambino Cinema
Address Saddar
Karachi
Pakistan
Coordinates 24°51′51″N67°01′31″E / 24.864132923752422°N 67.02534750388966°E / 24.864132923752422; 67.02534750388966 Coordinates: 24°51′51″N67°01′31″E / 24.864132923752422°N 67.02534750388966°E / 24.864132923752422; 67.02534750388966
OwnerSheikh Kashif Imtiaz
TypeMovie theatre
Construction
Opened1968
ArchitectNaqvi & 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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