Curtain call: Cinema's old-world charm

There was a time when going to the movies was not just about what was on the silver screen. It was an experience that included long queues in front of theatres with ornate facades and regal interiors, hoping for last-minute deals with ticket black marketers, and shows that would run for months on end. As movie screens shrink into the palms of our hands, we revisit some of these iconic venues in Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai for a glimpse of what silver screens were really meant to be
Published: Dec 15, 2018
Curtain call: Cinema's old-world charm

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  • Curtain call: Cinema's old-world charm
  • Curtain call: Cinema's old-world charm
  • Curtain call: Cinema's old-world charm
  • Curtain call: Cinema's old-world charm
  • Curtain call: Cinema's old-world charm
  • Curtain call: Cinema's old-world charm
  • Curtain call: Cinema's old-world charm
  • Curtain call: Cinema's old-world charm
  • Curtain call: Cinema's old-world charm
  • Curtain call: Cinema's old-world charm
  • Curtain call: Cinema's old-world charm
  • Curtain call: Cinema's old-world charm
  • Curtain call: Cinema's old-world charm
  • Curtain call: Cinema's old-world charm
  • Curtain call: Cinema's old-world charm
  • Curtain call: Cinema's old-world charm
  • Curtain call: Cinema's old-world charm
  • Curtain call: Cinema's old-world charm
  • Curtain call: Cinema's old-world charm
  • Curtain call: Cinema's old-world charm
BENGALURU: The Vijayalakshmi Theatre in Mahadevpura has stopped screening movies for the past five years. In its better days, this single-screen theatre showed English films, with the 1969 Gregory Peck and Omar Sharif-starrer Mackenna’s Gold being one of its hits. The theatre will soon be demolished