Azad (movie theater) explained

Azad
Native Name:আজাদ
Native Name Lang:bn
Former Names:Mukul Talkies (1929–1964)
Address:Johnson Road
City:Dhaka
Country:Bangladesh
Coordinates:23.7113°N 90.4096°W
Screens:1
Owner:The Dhaka Picture Palace Limited
Type:Movie theater
Capacity:1100

Azad is a movie theater located in Johnson Road, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Azad is one of the oldest movie theaters and the fourth oldest movie theater in the capital of the country.[1]

History

In 1929, Mukul Banerjee, the then zamindar of Murapara, established a movie theater named "Mukul Talkies" in Old Dhaka. R. C. Majumdar, the then vice chancellors of Dhaka University, inaugurated the movie theater. On the opening day, Mukul Talkies screened the film The Last Kiss, which is said to be the first silent film produced in Dhaka. Yar Mohammad Khan rented Mukul Theatre to hold the Awami League council meeting in the early in 1950s.[2] Mukul Talkies was renamed Azad Cinema in 1964 after it was bought by Sher Ali Ramji, a Bollywood film producer. Ten years later, the ownership of the movie theater was transferred to A.U.M. Khalilur Rahman.[3] [4] On 23 December 2013, a fire, caused by electric short circuit, broke out in the movie theater, destroying much of its furniture.[5] The movie theater suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic and received an outstanding bill of .[6]

Features

Azad usually shows old films.[7] It has 1100 seats.[6] Azad has three shows daily.[8]

Controversy

Azad is popular for B-grade and perverted female objectified paraphilic film posters. Besides, there are allegations of involvement of drug addicts and people involved in anti-social activities with this movie theater. Its manager claimed that the posters were asked by the film distributors to put up. But he denied the second allegation.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: Azad Cinema.... 23 November 2008. 1 November 2022. The Daily Star. 5 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230205043829/https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-64463. live.
  2. Book: Mujibur Rahman, Sheikh . The unfinished memoirs . 2012 . 978-0-670-08546-0 . New Delhi, India . 240 . 840484565 . 2022-12-17 . 2023-02-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230205043836/https://www.worldcat.org/title/840484565 . live .
  3. News: আজাদ এখন ঐতিহ্যের কঙ্কাল. bn. Masum. Ali. 7 October 2017. 1 November 2022. Prothom Alo. 5 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230205043900/https://select-d.openx.net/w/1.0/arj?ju=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.prothomalo.com%2Fbangladesh%2Fg8zvy7e3hq&ch=UTF-8&res=1600x1000x24&ifr=true&tz=0&tws=1070x8641&be=1&bc=hb_pb_3.0.3&dddid=706069df-78e3-496a-bb59-7c1b7b6fbe14%2C706069df-78e3-496a-bb59-7c1b7b6fbe14&nocache=1675571940607&pubcid=49472a6f-7dcb-4e47-9c7e-ceeffb2b4c30&schain=1.0%2C1!selectmedia.asia%2C5e70884875a43965922e2760%2C1%2C%2C%2C&aus=300x250%7C300x250&divids=gpt-passback%2Cgpt-passback&aucs=%252F84772874%252FPL_HB%2523gpt-passback%2C%252F84772874%252FPL_HB%2523gpt-passback&auid=541148923%2C541148923&aumfs=400%2C0. live.
  4. News: আজাদ সিনেমা হল : জীর্ণ প্রেক্ষাগৃহে ভূতও পালায়!. bn. Rocky. Ahmed. 31 May 2022. 1 November 2022. Bhorer Kagoj. 5 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230205043829/https://www.bhorerkagoj.com/print-edition/2022/05/31/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A3-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87/. live.
  5. Web site: পুরান ঢাকার আজাদ সিনেমা হলে আগুন. bn. 23 December 2013. 1 November 2022. Rising BD. 5 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230205043831/https://www.risingbd.com/national/news/30029. live.
  6. Web site: বন্ধের পথে ঢাকার প্রাচীনতম প্রেক্ষাগৃহ আজাদ. bn. Waliul. Biswas. 2 November 2020. 1 November 2022. Bangla Tribune. 1 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221101071056/https://www.banglatribune.com/entertainment/650584/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A5%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%B9-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6. live.
  7. News: আজাদ সিনেমা হলের বেহাল দশা. bn. Ahsan. Jobayer. 23 January 2021. 1 November 2022. The Daily Ittefaq. 1 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221101074858/https://www.ittefaq.com.bd/216550/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE. live.
  8. Web site: বন্ধ হচ্ছে না 'আজাদ' সিনেমা হল. bn. 4 November 2020. 1 November 2022. Somoy TV. 1 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221101080646/https://www.somoynews.tv/pages/details/245159/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E2%80%98%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E2%80%99-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%B2. live.

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