Eros IMAX, Mumbai

This guide to Eros IMAX in Mumbai follows Parsi businessman Shiavax Cawasji Cambata, who saw the statue of Eros in London's Piccadilly Circus and came home determined to build a picture palace to match it on newly reclaimed land at Churchgate. It traces architect Shorabji Bhedwar's ivory and red sandstone ziggurat, its nineteen thirty eight opening with a marble foyer and an all female radio ensemble, and the legendary Bollywood runs that later filled its seats, from Mughal-e-Azam to Sholay. Look up at the stepped tower from Maharshi Karve Road, shaped like a ship leaving harbour.