Last picture show looms for British India s summer capital
In this photograph taken on August 29, 2020, a projectionist works in a projector room at the Shahi Theatre in Shimla. With its ancient humming projector and elegant balcony, the Shahi Theatre is the last surviving single-screen cinema in Shimla, the Himalayan hill station that was once the summer retreat of British India. Money SHARMA / AFP.
by Bhuvan Bagga
(AFP)
.- With its ancient humming projector and elegant balcony, the Shahi Theatre is the last surviving single-screen cinema in Shimla, the Himalayan hill station that was once the summer retreat of British India.
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Last picture show looms for British India s summer capital
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04/07/2021 - 03:22 Like many other once-teeming movie houses across India that were already struggling to stay afloat, the pandemic may be the final death knell for the century-old Shahi Theatre Money SHARMA AFP 3 min
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With its ancient humming projector and elegant balcony, the Shahi Theatre is the last surviving single-screen cinema in Shimla, the Himalayan hill station that was once the summer retreat of British India.
But like many other once-teeming movie houses across the country that were already struggling to stay afloat, the pandemic may be the final death knell for the century-old picture house.