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			{{Short description\|Historic movie theatre in Kolkata, India}}
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	== History ==		== History ==
	In 1907 Jamshedji Framji Madan established ~~Chaplin Cinema, at that time its name was~~ Elphinstone Picture Palace.<ref name="gramo" /><ref name="Milestones in Bollywood Cinema: 1896-1930">{{cite web\|title=Milestones in Bollywood Cinema: 1896-1930\|url=http://worldfilm.about.com/od/topbollywood/tp/milestones189-1930.htm\|publisher=about.com\|accessdate=22 August 2012}}</ref><ref name="VinnelsSkelly2002">{{cite book\|author1=David Vinnels\|author2=Brent Skelly\|title=Bollywood showplaces: cinema theatres in India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TexkAAAAMAAJ\|year=2002\|publisher=E & E Plumridge in collaboration with Decorum Books}}</ref> In this theatre father of [[Uttam Kumar]] used to run the projector.<ref name="Chaudhuri1990">{{cite book\|author=Sukanta Chaudhuri\|title=Calcutta, the Living City: The present and future\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cGduAAAAMAAJ\|year=1990\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|page=294}}</ref> ~~Later on~~ was ~~also known as~~ Minerva cinema ~~hall~~. 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.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130428/jsp/calcutta/story_16834384.jsp\| title=End of the road for Chaplin \|newspaper=The Telegraph\|date=28 April 2013\|accessdate=14 July 2016}}</ref>		In 1907 Jamshedji Framji Madan established the Elphinstone Picture Palace.<ref name="gramo" /><ref name="Milestones in Bollywood Cinema: 1896-1930">{{cite web\|title=Milestones in Bollywood Cinema: 1896-1930\|url=http://worldfilm.about.com/od/topbollywood/tp/milestones189-1930.htm\|publisher=about.com\|accessdate=22 August 2012\|archive-date=10 June 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610072057/http://worldfilm.about.com/od/topbollywood/tp/milestones189-1930.htm\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="VinnelsSkelly2002">{{cite book\|author1=David Vinnels\|author2=Brent Skelly\|title=Bollywood showplaces: cinema theatres in India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TexkAAAAMAAJ\|year=2002\|publisher=E & E Plumridge in collaboration with Decorum Books\|isbn=978-0-9516563-5-8 }}</ref> In this theatre father of [[Uttam Kumar]] used to run the projector.<ref name="Chaudhuri1990">{{cite book\|author=Sukanta Chaudhuri\|title=Calcutta, the Living City: The present and future\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cGduAAAAMAAJ\|year=1990\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|page=294\|isbn=978-0-19-562586-8 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130428/jsp/calcutta/story_16834384.jsp\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160718144350/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130428/jsp/calcutta/story_16834384.jsp\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=18 July 2016\| title=End of the road for Chaplin \|newspaper=The Telegraph\|date=28 April 2013\|accessdate=14 July 2016}}</ref>

	[[File:5-1 Chowringhee Place - Kolkata 2013-12-24 1385-1386.JPG\|thumb\|This site occupied by the Chaplin Cinema, it has been demolished by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation. <small>December 2013</small>]]		[[File:5-1 Chowringhee Place - Kolkata 2013-12-24 1385-1386.JPG\|thumb\|This site occupied by the Chaplin Cinema, it has been demolished by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation. <small>December 2013</small>]]
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	== External links ==		== External links ==
	* [http://worldfilm.about.com/od/topbollywood/tp/milestones189-1930.htm Milestones in Bollywood Cinema]		* [http://worldfilm.about.com/od/topbollywood/tp/milestones189-1930.htm Milestones in Bollywood Cinema] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610072057/http://worldfilm.about.com/od/topbollywood/tp/milestones189-1930.htm \|date=10 June 2012 }}

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			[[Category:Former cinemas in India]]
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'''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.<ref name="Cinema Century">{{cite web|title=Cinema Century|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?281032|publisher=Outlook|accessdate=22 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102194412/http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?281032|archive-date=2 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Mitra2011">{{cite book|author=Swati Mitra|title=Kolkata: City Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eUq9heKpjEIC&pg=PA101|year=2011|publisher=Goodearth Publications|isbn=978-93-80262-15-4|page=101}}</ref><ref name="gramo">pp 17-20, The Gramophone Company's First Indian Recordings, 1899-1908, Michael Kinnear, Popular Prakshan, 2004, {{ISBN|81-7154-728-1}}</ref>

== History ==
In 1907 Jamshedji Framji Madan established Chaplin Cinema, at that time its name was Elphinstone Picture Palace.<ref name="gramo" /><ref name="Milestones in Bollywood Cinema: 1896-1930">{{cite web|title=Milestones in Bollywood Cinema: 1896-1930|url=http://worldfilm.about.com/od/topbollywood/tp/milestones189-1930.htm|publisher=about.com|accessdate=22 August 2012}}</ref><ref name="VinnelsSkelly2002">{{cite book|author1=David Vinnels|author2=Brent Skelly|title=Bollywood showplaces: cinema theatres in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TexkAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=E & E Plumridge in collaboration with Decorum Books}}</ref> In this theatre father of [[Uttam Kumar]] used to run the projector.<ref name="Chaudhuri1990">{{cite book|author=Sukanta Chaudhuri|title=Calcutta, the Living City: The present and future|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cGduAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=294}}</ref> Later on was also known as Minerva cinema hall. 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130428/jsp/calcutta/story_16834384.jsp| title=End of the road for Chaplin |newspaper=The Telegraph|date=28 April 2013|accessdate=14 July 2016}}</ref>

[[File:5-1 Chowringhee Place - Kolkata 2013-12-24 1385-1386.JPG|thumb|This site occupied by the Chaplin Cinema, it has been demolished by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation. <small>December 2013</small>]]

== See also ==
* [[Cinemas in Kolkata]]
* [[Globe Cinema (Kolkata)]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://worldfilm.about.com/od/topbollywood/tp/milestones189-1930.htm Milestones in Bollywood Cinema]

{{Cinema in Kolkata}}

[[Category:Cinemas in Kolkata]]

Chaplin Cinema (Kolkata) - Revision history

Thenaade: cleaned up layout further and fixed typos as per guidelines

>Ira Leviton: Fixed a typo found with Wikipedia:Typo Team/moss.