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| Founded | 1919 |
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| Founder | Jamshedji Framji |
Madan Theatre Company, also known asMadan Theatres Limited orMadan Theatres in short, was a film production company founded by Jamshedji Framji & his partner Kanhaiyalal Kaushik, one of the pioneers ofIndian Cinema.
A youngParsi businessman, who had experience in Theatre shows from an early age, stepped into entertainment business in 1902, when he startedbioscope shows of imported cinemas a tent inMaidan, Calcutta.
AfterWorld War I, Madan's Theatre business started growing rapidly. In 1919 pt Kanhaiyalal Kaushik joint hands with Jamshedji, his business became ajoint stock company with the name ofMadan Theatres Limited. Madan Theatres and its associates had a great control over theatre houses in India those days.[citation needed]
J. J, third son ofJamshedji Framji, became managing director of Madan Theatres after the death of his father in 1923. Madan Theatres reached a peak in late 1920s when it owned 127 theatres and controlled half of the country's box office.[1] Madan Theatres produced a number of popular and landmark films till 1937.[2]
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