Chaplin Cinema (Kolkata)

Chaplin Cinema
Location in Kolkata
General information
Type	Cinema hall, Heritage building
Location	Chowringhee Place
Town or city	Kolkata
Country	India
Coordinates	22°33′41″N88°21′03″E / 22.5615°N 88.3508°E / 22.5615; 88.3508
Inaugurated	1907

Chaplin Cinema was the oldest single screen movie theatre in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was located in 5/1 Chowringhee Place. In 1907 Jamshedji Framji Madan opened this cinema in India. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

History

In 1907 Jamshedji Framji Madan established the Elphinstone Picture Palace. ^{[3] [4] [5]} In this theatre father of Uttam Kumar used to run the projector. ^[6] It was later renamed to Minerva cinema (not to be confused with Minerva Theatre). The condition of the movie theatre deteriorated over decades before the Calcutta Municipal Corporation overhauled it, and christened it Chaplin in 1980s. The theatre was demolished by the municipal corporation in 2013 after remaining non-functional for several years. ^[7]

This site occupied by the Chaplin Cinema, it has been demolished by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation. December 2013

See also

• Cinemas in Kolkata
• Globe Cinema (Kolkata)

References

1. "Cinema Century". Outlook. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
2. Swati Mitra (2011). Kolkata: City Guide. Goodearth Publications. p. 101. ISBN   978-93-80262-15-4.
3. pp 17-20, The Gramophone Company's First Indian Recordings, 1899-1908, Michael Kinnear, Popular Prakshan, 2004, ISBN   81-7154-728-1
4. "Milestones in Bollywood Cinema: 1896-1930". about.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
5. David Vinnels; Brent Skelly (2002). Bollywood showplaces: cinema theatres in India. E & E Plumridge in collaboration with Decorum Books. ISBN   978-0-9516563-5-8.
6. Sukanta Chaudhuri (1990). Calcutta, the Living City: The present and future. Oxford University Press. p. 294. ISBN   978-0-19-562586-8.
7. "End of the road for Chaplin". The Telegraph. 28 April 2013. Archived from the original on 18 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.

External links

• Milestones in Bollywood Cinema Archived 10 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine