Showing posts with label Hindi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hindi. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Good Bye Star Talkies

Star Talkies, one of the oldest theatres in Chennai is awaiting  demolition. In the 60's and 70's if you wanted to see a Hindi movie in Madras,the only option was Star Talkies (also called Star Theatre) on Triplicane High road. I have seen a couple of movies there, but do not recall which ones. In the later years they started screening  Tamil films too. I understand that the theatre closed down a few years ago. When I walked past the building last week,  it was  set for  complete demolition making way for another concrete and glass monster in this prime area. 


PS: An article in the HIndu says that the original theatre was built in 1916. So, the structure is 99 years old. Adieu Star.