Regal Cinema

This guide to Regal Cinema in Mumbai begins on 14 October 1933, when Bombay's Governor arrived in Colaba to open what would become India's first air-conditioned cinema. It follows architect Charles Stevens, son of the man behind Bombay's Gothic railway terminus, as he broke from tradition to build in Art Deco instead, and traces Czech artist Karl Schara's cubist sunray murals across the lobby walls. Look up at the pale yellow facade before you step through those same doors.