Bambino Cinema
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| name = Bambino Cinema
| native_name = بیمبینو سنیما
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| address = Saddar
| city = Karachi
| country = Pakistan
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| architect = Naqvi & Siddiqui Associates
| owner = Sheikh Kashif Imtiaz
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| type = Movie theatre
| opened = 1968
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| native_name_lang = ur
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The Bambino Cinema, is located in Saddar area of Karachi.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2014-09-27 |title=Bambino always comes to haunt Zardari |url=http://www.samaaenglish.tv/news/246401 |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Samaa TV |language=en}}
History
The Bambino Cinema was built in the 1960s as the first cinema in Pakistan with a double balcony seating and 70 mm film screen and projection equipment.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-18 |title=Karachi's iconic Bambino Cinema, once a haven for moviegoers, to be turned into plaza |url=https://arab.news/cc66m |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Arab News PK |language=en}} It was inaugurated by President Ayub Khan in 1968.{{Cite web |last=Rehman |first=Atika |date=2012-09-23 |title=Bambino Cinema: Inaugurated by Ayub, destroyed by a mob |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/441006/bambino-cinema-inaugurated-by-ayub-destroyed-by-a-mob |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}
During the 1970s, when the Pakistani film industry was in its boom, a mini-cinema Scala was built on its first floor. The cinema is also famous because it was built by Hakim Ali Zardari,{{Cite web |last=Salman |first=Peerzada |date=2012-10-26 |title=Bambino cinema rises from the ashes |url=https://www.dawn.com/2012/10/26/bambino-cinema-rises-from-the-ashes/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Dawn |language=en}} father of Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari, who sold it later.{{Cite web |last=Mahmood |first=Rafay |date=2011-05-26 |title=Bambino: Dust in the wind? |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/176595/bambino-dust-in-the-wind |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://cinematreasures.org/theater/21587/ Bambino Cinema]