Madan Theatre Company, also known as Madan Theatres Limited or Madan Theatres in short, was a film production company founded by Jamshedji Framji & his partner kanhaiyalal Kaushik, one of the pioneers of Indian Cinema.
Founded | 1919 |
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Founder | Jamshedji Framji |
a young Parsi businessman, who had experience in Theatre shows from an early age, stepped into entertainment business in 1902, when he started bioscope shows of imported cinemas a tent in Maidan, Calcutta.
After World War I, Madan's Theatre business started growing rapidly. In 1919 pt kanhaiyalal Kaushik joint hands with Jamshedji, his business became a joint stock company with the name of Madan Theatres Limited. Madan Theatres and its associates had a great control over theatre houses in India those days.[citation needed]
J J , third son of Jamshedji 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.