Images & Other Media

This page provides either documentary material hosted on this site or links to material on external sites.

THE BFI COLLECTION

A few of the company’s documentary material are viewable at the BFI’s centres in the UK, and a few are digitised online. This collection of newly digitised films was part of the BFI’s contribution to the UK-India Year of Culture 2017, in partnership with the British Council.

Calcutta Topical No. 1 for 1925 – The King Emperor’s Cup Race

Arrival of the Earl of Lytton at Calcutta (1922)

Calcutta Topical No. 2 for 1925 – The Race for the Viceroy’s Cup

Scenes at His Excellency the Viceroy’s Garden Party at Belvedere
Date: 1926

Annual Inspection of the Bodyguard by His Excellency Lord Lytton
Date: 1925

Calcutta Topical No.1 for 1925.
Date: 1925

5th Calcutta Battalion: Presentation of Colours by H.E. The Viceroy (1917)

Government House Party
Date: 1923

DISCOGRAPHY

Sound files catalogued by CHARM

In 1902, the Corinthian Theatre Chorus made some of the earliest recordings made in India.

They were recently catalogued by CHARM, the AHRC Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music.
This was a joint project by Royal Holloway, University of London, King’s College London and the University of Sheffield.

Work	Catalogue Number
Khune Nahak: Gana Gana Gana	14561
Dil Farosh: Arre Koi Aan Mile Ya Sajni	14562
Haseen Chatra: Tajan Ke Raj Aaye	14563
Haseen Chatra: Chand Mehtaab Doobi Gande Talab	14564
Fair Chatra: Song	14565
Fair Chatra: Song	14566
Zun Moorid: Song [1st issue as Fair Chatra: Song]	14567
Laila: Bharke Pilade Sharab Yaar Sakiya	14568
Haseen Chatra: Koi Rab Ki Marzi Kya Jane	14569
Khudadad: Song	14570

PHOTOGRAPHY

J F Madan photographs (click to view)

Jamshedji Framji Madan portrait. Image courtesy: Gool Madan Ardeshir. All Rights Reserved.

Company director Burjor J Madan and his wife Mehera. Image courtesy: Ashley Coates. All Rights Reserved — Company director, and son of JF Madan, Burjor J Madan with his wife Mehera. Image courtesy: Ashley Coates. All Rights Reserved.

Rustom Dotiwala, director of Madan Theatre's Bilwamangal and husband to Putli, daughter of JF Madan. Image Courtesy: Ashley Coates. All Rights Reserved. — Rustom Dotiwala, director of Madan Theatre’s Bilwamangal and husband to Putli, daughter of JF Madan. Image Courtesy: Ashley Coates. All Rights Reserved.

Company director and film director Jehangir J Madan with wife Lily. Image courtesy: Ashley Coates. All Rights Reserved. — Jehangir J Madan with his wife, Lily. JJ Madan was a son of JF Madan, a company director and a director of many Madan Theatres films. Image courtesy: Gool Madan Ardeshir. All Rights Reserved.

Plate owned by J F Madan, made in Limoges, France. Image courtesy: Ashley Coates — Plate owned by JF Madan, made in Limoges, France. Image courtesy: Ashley Coates

Photographs of cinemas/theatres and other property (click to view)

“Talkies India” (shows one of Madan’s theatres in Calcutta)
Date: 1929-1930
Held by Durham County Record Office

Triumphal arch erected by Madan Theatres Ltd in Montgomery Street to welcome the Viceroy Lord Reading to Rangoon
Date: 21st December, 1923
Held by the British Library

elphinstone-picture-palace-madan-theatres — The Elphinstone Picture Palace, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Empire Theatre, Colombo around 1941. (Image courtesy: “Robbie” Robinson) — Empire Theatre, Colombo around 1941. Image courtesy: “Robbie” Robinson

Elphinstone Picture Palace, Colombo. Image Courtesy: Dr Vilasnee Tampoe-Hautin — Elphinstone Picture Palace, Colombo. Image courtesy: Dr Vilasnee Tampoe-Hautin

Chaplin Cinema in 2013. Image Courtesy: Biswarup Ganguly (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license) — Chaplin Cinema in 2013. Image courtesy: Biswarup Ganguly (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license)

Images of Madan property and Madan Street taken in 2011 (click to view)

Daramtala Street, Calcutta — Former head office of Madan Theatres, 5 Lenin Street, (formerly Dharamtala Street), Kolkata. Image courtesy: Ashley Coates. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.5)

Madan Street, Calcutta — Madan Street, Kolkata (off Lenin Street). Image courtesy: Ashley Coates. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.5)

J F Madan property Daramtala Street, Calcutta — J F Madan property, Lenin Street, (formerly Dharamtala Street), Kolkata. Image courtesy: Ashley Coates. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.5)

ART

“Madan Theatre by Night” by Gaganendranath Tagore. Held at National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. Image courtesy: NGMA

2 comments

Rodabeh Farokh Dholoo says:

September 17, 2019 at 9:05 pm

Mr. Boman B. Sukhia was their manager as well as a relative. He was the son in law of Khorshed, Sorab Balaporia,sister Of Alan Naval Madan
Do you have any write up on him please ?

1. AshleyCoates says:
  
  September 22, 2019 at 12:27 pm
  
  Hi Rodabeh, I don’t have a write-up but I will ask the family! Good to be in touch. Ashley.