بیمبینو سنیما | |
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Address | Saddar Karachi Pakistan |
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Coordinates | 24°51′51″N 67°01′31″E / 24.864132923752422°N 67.02534750388966°E |
Owner | Sheikh Kashif Imtiaz |
Type | Movie theatre |
Construction | |
Opened | 1968 |
Architect | Naqvi & Siddiqui Associates |
The Bambino Cinema, is located in Saddar area of Karachi.[1]
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.[2] It was inaugurated by President Ayub Khan in 1968.[3]
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,[4] father of Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari, who sold it later.[5]