The Old Indian Theatre

In the bustling hub of town, adjacent to St. Xavier’s school and Crawford market, this age old cinema house Edward Theatre still exists. Built in 1860, Edward is one of the oldest single screens in Bombay. In past, before it screened films, opera was performed for the stationed British garrison officers. Later it staged Gujarati folk theatre and about 90 years ago it became a cinema. A haven for laborers and migrant workers it isn’t air conditioned though its beautiful ceiling fans and interiors are worth a second look. Once a centre of latest films, this theater somehow has still survived the advent of multiplexes; but now screens re-run films.