Who established Elphinstone Picture House in Calcutta?

Q. Who established Elphinstone Picture House in Calcutta?
Answer: Jamshedjee Madan
Notes: The theatre was started in Kolkata by Parsi founder and filmmaker Jamsetzi Framzi Madan, who started the Elphinstone Bioscope Company to screen films in pitched tents. In 1907, he created the first-purpose cinema theatre in India. Located on the Esplanade, it was known as the Elphinstone Picture Palace.

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