Pedestrians at street level below life-size figures advertising a
feature showing at the Roxy Movie Theatre in Bombay (later known as
Mumbai), Maharashtra, India, circa 1955. A banner written in Hindi is
slung high above the street. (Photo by Omnia Bern/Three Lions/Hulton
Archive/Getty Images)
Indian films and posters from 1930: film (Insaniyat)( 1955 )
https://bombaymann2.blogspot.com/2016/10/
film-insaniyat1955.
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Roxy cinema, located at Charni road opposite Opera House junction, has been a cinematic landmark for a century. Established in the 1920s, it initially showcased English films before being acquired by Kapurchand Mehta and his brothers in 1934. Transitioning to Hindi cinema, it became a favourite venue for Hindi cinema legends like Ashok Kumar, Dilip Kumar, and Rajesh Khanna. The resurgence of Roxy cinema after 1934 was largely due to the Bombay Talkies. Kevalchand, who was responsible for looking for films for
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