Chaplin Cinema (Kolkata) Explained
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.[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]
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Notes and References
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- Book: Swati Mitra. Kolkata: City Guide. 2011. Goodearth Publications. 978-93-80262-15-4. 101.
- pp 17-20, The Gramophone Company's First Indian Recordings, 1899-1908, Michael Kinnear, Popular Prakshan, 2004,
- Web site: Milestones in Bollywood Cinema: 1896-1930. about.com. 22 August 2012. 10 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120610072057/http://worldfilm.about.com/od/topbollywood/tp/milestones189-1930.htm. dead.
- Book: David Vinnels. Brent Skelly. Bollywood showplaces: cinema theatres in India. 2002. E & E Plumridge in collaboration with Decorum Books. 978-0-9516563-5-8 .
- Book: Sukanta Chaudhuri. Calcutta, the Living City: The present and future. 1990. Oxford University Press. 294. 978-0-19-562586-8 .
- News: End of the road for Chaplin . https://archive.today/20160718144350/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130428/jsp/calcutta/story_16834384.jsp. dead. 18 July 2016. The Telegraph. 28 April 2013. 14 July 2016.
