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For as long as anyone can remember the art deco edifice of Elite Cinema has sported posters of Bollywood blockbusters. There are fond stories about the cinema hall running the best of Hollywood way back in the 1970s,but those stories have assumed lorish proportions. So,the sight of the posters of the Renee Zellweger starrer New in Town billowing in front of the cinema hall this week was a pleasant surprise for many. Elite used to screen only English films. Its only in the last two decades that we have started screening Hindi films. The decision to screen a English film here shouldnt be surprising, says Manas Bhattacharya,manager of Elite Cinema.
But its not just Elite that has suddenly decided to go back a few decades. Roxy,which is just a few paces away from Elite,is screening the Denzel Washington starrer The Book of Eli. Talkie Show House in Phariapikur which was an outlet mostly for English films and had fallen into bad times (read screening B-grade skin flicks),is screening the Renee Zellweger film too. Meanwhile,Menoka in South Kolkata, is screening the multiple Oscar-winner Hurt Locker. We have screened English film off and on. Menoka has always been open to screening English films,but its also true that we prefer showing English films because they make more money. This week we are screening Hurt Locker because there is much curiosity about the film, says a spokesperson of Menoka.
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