As mentioned, I'm going to be coming to this part of the city for the next few days as I have my meetings venued around this area.
I took this shot of one of my favorite theatres of all times - the Metro Cinema (now known as the Metro BIG Cinema).
Metro Cinema is a famous cinema theatre in the city. In 1938, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) acquired the land and built the cinema theatre. The main architect of the cinema was Thomas W. Lamb of New York and D.W.Ditchburn was the associate architect. The Metro Cinema was opened on June 8, 1938and initially exhibited movies made by MGM.
I'm sure about one thing -- when I have my film releasing, it is surely going to get premiered at Metro.
For Metro, my favorite...
I took this shot of one of my favorite theatres of all times - the Metro Cinema (now known as the Metro BIG Cinema).
Metro Cinema is a famous cinema theatre in the city. In 1938, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) acquired the land and built the cinema theatre. The main architect of the cinema was Thomas W. Lamb of New York and D.W.Ditchburn was the associate architect. The Metro Cinema was opened on June 8, 1938and initially exhibited movies made by MGM.
In 1970, the cinema was taken over by the Gupta family and with Indianisation came the era of screening Hindi films and flashy, glittering, star-studded premieres. Raj Kapoor's Bobby set the trend and when RK released Satyam Shivam Sundaram in typical monsoon fury, the guests were delighted when the young Kapoor brothers - Randhir, Rishi and Rajeev - opened their car doors, held umbrellas over their heads and led them inside.
It soon became the Hindi Film Industry's most famous red-carpet theatre. The star presence at Metro becamse so huge that often riot police had to be called in at film premieres.I'm sure about one thing -- when I have my film releasing, it is surely going to get premiered at Metro.
For Metro, my favorite...
4 comments:
I am an old movie buff and I never knew MGM built theatres outside the US. I am glad it is still standing and showing films. MGM used to stand for excellence in the late 20s, 30s, & 40s. I am glad a part of it lives on in India. The lion still roars!
absolutely, Rose!!:)
and the theatre is absolutely LOVELY!!:)
However, BIG Cinemas has bought it over now and it has turned into a multiplex...but its still lovely!!;-)
Like Cali said, who knew? Sorry to hear it's now a multiplex. There are hardly any big, classic, old-fashioned movie theaters left anywhere—surely you deserve one of those to premiere your film!
Amen, Alexa!!:)
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