Location Chowringhee Place Country India | Town or city Kolkata Inaugurated 1907 | |
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Type Cinema hall, Heritage building Address Hogg St, New Market Area, Dharmatala, Taltala, Kolkata, West Bengal 700013 Similar HOTEL BLUE MOON, New Empire Cinema, Metro Cinema Hall, Greenview Massage Parlour, Globe Cinema /Globe Sh | ||
Chaplin Cinema was the oldest single screen movie theatre in Kolkata. It was located in 5/1 Chowringhee Place. In 1907 Jamshedji Framji Madan opened this cinema in India.
History
In 1907 Jamshedji Framji Madan established Chaplin Cinema, at that time its name was Elphinstone Picture Palace. In this theatre father of Uttam Kumar used to run the projector. The condition of the theatre deteriorated over decades before the Calcutta Municipal Corporation overhauled it, and christened in Chaplin in 1980s. The theatre was demolished by the municipal corporation in 2013 after remaining non-functional for several years.
References
Chaplin Cinema (Kolkata) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA