sebastian and sons a brief history of mrdangam makers

Situated just off Mount Road, in the multicultural suburb of Triplicane, was Star Theatre, the hub for Hindi films. So, Elphinstone, Odeon (Melody) and Midland screened English films, and Gaiety and Chitra Talkies Tamil films. In those days, theatres tended to be monolingual. In the days before multiplexes took over, Elphinstone was a popular cinema on Mount Road – the artery that cut across the city, and in and around which were all the major cinemas. Old cinema aficionados reminisce wistfully about the lip-smacking peach melba at Elphinstone’s Soda Fountain in the Madras of yore.

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Sebastian and sons a brief history of mrdangam makers