Bambino Cinema Explained

Bambino Cinema
Native Name:	بیمبینو سنیما
Address:	Saddar
City:	Karachi
Country:	Pakistan
Coordinates:	24.8641°N 67.0253°W
Architect:	Naqvi & Siddiqui Associates
Owner:	Sheikh Kashif Imtiaz
Type:	Movie theatre
Opened:	1968
Native Name Lang:	ur

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

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]

See also

• Movie theater
• Cinema of Pakistan

External links

• Bambino Cinema

Notes and References

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