Elgin Talkies oldest cinema: Posters, old office
Director: Gaurav Chandelya; Cinematographer: Gaurav Chandelya
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Summary: Footage from WICITYTV, which was a pirate cable TV channel that ran in Shivaji Nagar, Bangalore in November 2005. Elgin Talkies is a 116-year-old decrepit cinema house in Shivaji Nagar that still uses carbon arc projectors. Older than cinema itself, it was first a playhouse, and its logbook catalogues a veritable history of early cinema from silent films to the screening of India’s first talkie, Alam Ara. Gaurav Chandelya spent 48 hours inside Elgin, clocking the daily films and changes.The film, Kahani Elgin Ki
http://chitrakarkhana.net/elgintalkies.htm was aired on local cable.
Elgin Talkies Office, Shivajinagar, Banglore
Gaurav: Did the management give you the poster work? Or did you tell them that it is different work and correct?
How long have you been here?
Cinema Person :I have been here for 4-5 years
(Cinema Person) showing bollywood poster of multi starrer film "Ishq" made by Baba Films staring Juhi Chawla, Aamir Khan, Kajol &Ajay Devgan. Directed by Inder Kumar, produced by Gordhan Tanwani and music by Anu Malik. Gaurav and cinema person are talking
anu malik male lead
aamir khan
ajay devgan
baba films
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inder kumar
ishq
juhi chawla
kajol
musician film producer
producer
romantic comedy
Elgin Talkies, Shivaji Nagar, Bangalore
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Gaurav: What did you do before this?
Cinema Person :I was working in Rex
Gaurav: Where?
Cinema Person :Rex Cinema hall. On the
counter
(Cinema Person) showing bollywood poster of multi starrer film "Ishq"
made by Baba Films staring Juhi Chawla, Aamir Khan, Kajol &Ajay Devgan. Directed by Inder Kumar, produced by Gordhan Tanwani and music by Anu Malik. Cinema person is folding the film poster.
anu malik
Elgin Talkies Office, Shivajinagar, Banglore
male lead
(Cinema Person) has folded a bollywood poster and put it away. He opens another bollywood poster of an action film "Veeru Dada" starring Dharemendra (popularly known as Garam Dharam)
Gaurav:What difference do you find between Rex cinema and here?
Cinema Person says : I was in service there,here it is my own business
action film
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Cinema person has folded the bollywood poster " Veeru Dada" and put it away. He opens another bollwood poster of a film by Dharmendra titled "Socha Na Tha".In this film his nephew Abhay Deol made his debut. Ayesha Takia was the female lead. The film was directed by Imitiaz Ali and the music was by Sandesh Shandilya. The cinema person folds the poster and puts it on a pile of papers.
Gaurav: I do not understand
Is Elgin yours?
Cinema person says: No it is not mine. I have taken it on rent. I pay rent weekly and run the cinema.
Gaurav :Who is Mr.Krishnamoorthy?
Cinema person says: he is the boss
abhay deol
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Cinema Person sifts through posters and opens another bollywood poster of multi starrer film "Saalankhen"
made by Sanjay Tolani staring Sunny Deol and Raveena Tandon in the lead. Directed by Guddu Dhanoa. The cinema person folds the poster and puts it on a pile of papers
Gaurav: do films starring Sunny Deol perform here?
Cinema person :yes films starring Sunny Deol perform.
Gaurav : which film has run the longest at the box office here?
Cinema person says:The longest film which run are those which can do business.
action film
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raveena tandon
saalankhen
sanjay tolani
sunny deol
Cinema person puts a folded poster on a pile of papers and thens opens a bollywood poster of an action film "Qayamat-a city under threat" by Harry Baweja. This film stars Ajay Devgan and Sunil Shetty. The music of the film is by Nadeem Shravan. This movie completed a silver jubilee. The cinema person straightens the poster.
Gaurav: is there no film which has run more than two weeks?
Cinema person says: it would run earlier but with the T.V and D.V.D., the collections are affected
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qayamat-a city under threat
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Gaurav:Whose photograph is this ?
Cinema person asks: what?
Gaurav:Whose photograph is this ?
Cinema person says: It is a very old photograph.
Several photo frames with black and white
photographs are hung on the wall. The first photo frame has people seated and standing under an arch. There is a label with Mr. A. N. Sreenivasan, Chairman Standing Committee Town Planning and Improvements 1960.The second black and white photograph is in a black frame and has young children seated and several gentlemen standing in a garden. The third black and white photograph has several gentlemen seated as well as standing . Two women are seated on the extreme left and right side. In the backdrop there are windows.
a. n. sreenivasan
chairman
standing committee town planning and improvements 1960
black and white photograph
black photo frame
Cinema person: It is the person in the center (Pointing towards a seated gentleman with a garland).This is the one.
Gaurav:Is this Krishnamoorthy's father?
Cinema person:It is the Krishnamoorthy's father.
Cinema person: He is that one.
Gaurav:Yes he is the person in the photograph there.
Gaurav:Is Krishnamoorthy there with a child in his lap?
Cinema person: Krishnamoorthy is not there. It is the staff.
Gaurav: Okay it is the staff here.
Cinema person: pointing towards a gentleman in the center says:First the father used to control,after him he points towards the photograph when
Gaurav:Is the photograph of the house or Elgin ?
Cinema person: It is a photograph taken outside.
Gaurav: Oh it taken outside here.
The first black and white photograph in a black photoframe hung on the wall has several people seated.
Among them is a gentleman with a garland. Seated next to him is another gentleman with a child on his knee. The cinema man is pointing towards the gentleman with the garland. The photo also has sepia tones in the cover. The second black and white photograph is in a brown photo frame which is hung on the wall. It has three rows of people. The front row of people are seated .There is a seated gentleman (second from right) with a child on his lap. The bottom right of the picture has a date 1942.
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Elgin Talkies Office, Shivajinagar, Banglore
Gaurav: Is he receiving a prize?
Cinema person: Yes
Gaurav: Is he the President?Who is he,the one who is giving the prize?
Cinema person:Yes he is the President.
The first black and white photograph is in a brown photo frame which is hung on the wall. It has three rows of people. The front row has people seated .There is a gentleman seated (second from right) with a child on his lap. The bottom right of the picture has a date 1942. Besides this photo frame is another black and white photograph in a black photo frame hung above a calendar of the year 2005.The photograph is of a felicitation. There are two gentlemen ,one in a suit and the other in a dhoti.
1942
2005
calendar
felicitation
Elgin Talkies Office, Banglore
Gaurav: From whom?
Cinema person pointing towards the picture..........Here his voice is garbled.
Shyamraj Wadia.
Gaurav: Is he Krishnamoothyji's father?
Cinema person pointing towards the photograph:He is Krishnamoothy's father when he was young.
Cinema person pointing to another photograph:He is the father
Gaurav: He is Krishnamoothy's father's father?
Cinema person :No he is the father
Gaurav:He is the grandfather
Cinema person:Yes, he is the grandfather.
The cinema person is pointing towards a black and white photograph in a black photo frame hung on the wall. The photo frame is above a picture of a horse with the words "White Horse".The photograph has a spectacled lady behind the mike. There are several gentleman in the photograph also .The other black and white photograph in a brown photo frame hung on the wall above a window has a spectacled gentleman with a tilak on his forehead.
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great photos
Gaurav: Who started the cinema here?Did he or his father?
Cinema person:His father
Gaurav:Oh he started it.
The first black and white photograph is in a brown photo frame which is hung on the wall. It has a gentleman in a jacket. His arms are folded. There is a tilak on his forehead on the photo frame. The other black and white photograph is also in a brown photo frame hung on the wall above a window. It has a spectacled gentleman with a tilak on his forehead on the photo frame.
Elgin Talkies Office, Shivajinagar, Banglore
No dialogue.
There are images of Gods, Goddesses and religious symbols in photo frames hung on the wall. Below the
photo frames there is a stand with statues of Gods and Goddesses. There is a diya on the stand. There is a light burning before a statute of God. To the left of the stand is a black and white photograph in a brown photo frame. It has a spectacled gentleman with a tilak on his forehead on the photo frame.
brown photo frame
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statutes
Gaurav: You have put images of all. Hindus,you have also put Allah,and Mother Mary . The staff must be mixed here.
Cinema Person:Yes Mr. Krishnamoorthy's father would treat everyone equally and Muslims were not discriminated.
There are images of Gods, Goddesses and religious symbols in photo frames hung on the wall. Below the
photo frames there is a stand with statues of Gods and Goddesses. There is a diya on the stand. There is a light burning before a statute of God. To the left of the stand is a black and white photograph in a brown photo frame. It has a spectacled gentleman with a tilak on his forehead on the photo frame. To the extreme left is a wall clock,Besides it is a black and white photograph in a brown photo frame which is hung on the wall. It has a gentleman in a jacket. His arms are folded. There is a tilak on his forehead on the photo frame.
wall clock
Gaurav: Do you know why this was named Elgin talkies ?
Cinema person:No I donot know.
There are images of Gods, Goddesses and religious symbols in photo frames hung on the wall. Below the
photo frames there is a stand with statues of Gods and Goddesses. There is a diya on the stand. There is a light burning before a statute of God. There is a wall clock. Below it is a calendar .There are tables and chairs in the office. The tables have files.
chairs
files
tables
No dialogue.
The cinema person is showing two posters of a bollywood film
"Ram Balram" .The poster below has a sepia tone and shows us a photogragh of Dharmendra (popularly known as Garam Dharam) and Amitabh Bachan (popularly known as the angry young man)in a policeman's uniform .The poster above also has Amitabh Bachan holding Dharmendra.
There are several policeman in the background. Both the posters are slightly damaged on the right side.
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sepia tone
Gaurav: Were such thick posters made earlier?
Cinema person:Yes these posters were made.
Gaurav: Nowadays the posters are thinner and hand painted.
Cinema person: Yes.
The cinema person is showing two posters of a bollywood film
"Ram Balram" .The poster below has a sepia tone and shows Dharmendra (popularly known as Garam Dharam) and Amitabh Bachan (popularly known as the angry young man)in a policeman's uniform . The poster above has Amitabh Bachan holding Dharmendra.
There are several policeman in the background. Both the posters are slightly damaged on the right side. The cinema person shows the poster with Amitabh Bachan holding Dharmendra and then puts both the posters under a pile on the cupboard,
cupboard
No dialogue.
There is a blueprint of a plan showing the existing premises of Elgin Talkies at Shivaji Road, Shivajinagar,
Banglore in a black photo frame hung on the wall, besides a cupboard.. The frame has a tilak. Its also shows the proprietor name as Mrs. Nalina Srinivsan. It shows us a section on A.A., the ground floor plan, site plan. The other black photo frame has the detail of electrical fittings,it shows
the captions
" Boards" with electric requirements. The frame has a tilak.
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shivaji road
shivajinagar
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blueprint
site plan
tilak
Gaurav: Where do you sit?
Cinema Person pointing: I sit there.
There is a blueprint of a site plan in a black photo frame. It shows details of the ground floor and first floor The frame has a tilak. The cinema person opens the windows above the table. He points towards where he is seated. There are images of Gods, Goddesses and religious symbols in photo frames hung on the wall. Below the
photo frames there is a stand with statues of Gods and Goddesses. There is a diya on the stand. There is also a light burning before a statute of God.
black and white
diya
first floor plan
goddesses
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ground floor plan
photograph
religious symbols
statutes
Cinema Person removes a pile of posters from the cupboard and shows a poster of a bollywood film,"Bewafa"made by Boney Kapoor.It stars Kareena Kapoor,Sushmita Sen,Akshay Kumar,Anil Kapoor. Directed by produced by Dharmesh Darshan and music by Nadeem and Shravan. He folds it.
Gaurav:Are these posters of the the films which have already been screened?
Cinema Person:Yes these are of the films which are screened.
akshay kumar
anil kapoor
bollywood
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dharmesh darshan
director
drama
female lead
film poster
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kareena kapoor
male lead
musician
nadeem
producer
shravan
sushmita sen
Cinema Person shows another poster of the bollywood film,"Bewafa"made by Boney Kapoor.It stars Kareena Kapoor,Sushmita Sen,Akshay Kumar,Anil Kapoor. Directed by produced by Dharmesh Darshan and music by Nadeem and Shravan. He folds it.
Gaurav:It is of the same film. Okay
Cinema Person shows a poster of a bollywood film,"Hulchul".It stars Ajay Devgan, Kajol, Amrish Puri, Ronit Roy . Directed by Anees Bazmi produced by Shabnam Kapoor and music by Anu Malik. He folds it.
http://www.movietalkies.com/movies/index.asp?MovieId=16790
Gaurav: These are of new posters. Do you have old?
Cinema Person:Yes,I have old.
Gaurav: Hulchul,Do you get the posters when they come?
Cinema Person:Yes.
action
ajay devgan
amrish puri
anees bazmi
anu malik. female lead
kajol
ronit roy
villian director
Cinema Person shows two posters of a bollywood film,"Time Pass".It stars Sheryln Chopra,Adi Irani,Tanaaz Irani . Directed by Chander Mishra produced by Anil Sharma and music by Deepak Anand.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0485551/
Gaurav:I have Shaina's old camera. Yeah, yeah but I still need one more, its got over. Yeah sure, okay, bye. Bye. How many posters come with it?
Cinema Person:...Voice unclear...That we get.
Gaurav:Do you have to give money for that?
Cinema Person:We have to pay money for it.
Gaurav:What is the cost of one poster?
Cinema Person: This one poster costs Ten rupees
Gaurav:Ten rupees
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Cinema Person folds the poster and sifts through other posters in the pile.
Gaurav:Other than posters what other work do you look after?
Cinema Person:Here I look after bookings
Gaurav:Oh you look after bookings
pile
Cinema Person opens and shows a poster a film,"Tiger".Directed by Adarsh.He folds it.
Gaurav:....Tiger. Alright
adarsh jain
director
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Cinema Person opens and folds two film poster. He then shows a poster of the bollywood film,"Diljala".It stars Mithun Chakraborty He folds it and puts it on the pile of posters
Gaurav:This is a big poster.
Most posters have Mithun. do films starring Mithun do well?
Cinema Person:Yes. Here films with Shah Rukh donot run,films starring Mithun run.
mithun chakraborty
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shaj rukh khan male lead
Cinema Person: Shah Rukh and Amitabh Bachchan do not run
Gaurav:Does Amitabh Bachchan also not run?
Cinema Person: No he does not run.
Gaurav: Everybody says that Amitabh Bachchan is the biggest star. Everybody likes him.
Cinema Person:He is a star for city No.1
Gaurav:Oh this is city No.2.
Cinema Person: Yes.for here Mithun and Ajay Devgan
Cinema person ties the film posters with a thread.
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