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{{More citations needed|date=September 2007}}{{Infobox theatre|name=Eros Cinema|owner=Eros Trust, Cambata Family|image=File:ErosTheater.jpg|caption=Eros Cinema in Cambata Building in 2008|location=Maharshi Karve Rd, Churchgate, [[Mumbai]]|opened=1938|closed=2016|architect=Shorabji Bhedwar|capacity=1204}}The '''Eros Cinema''' is an [[Art Deco]] style, now defunct,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/single-screen-theatres-in-mumbai-on-a-decline/articleshow/67045042.cms|title=Single screen theatres in Mumbai on a decline - Times of India|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-10-16}}</ref> [[Movie theater|cinema]] theatre located in Cambata Building at [[Churchgate]], [[Mumbai]], [[India]]. It has a [[seating capacity]] of 1,204 people per show.<ref name=th2008>{{cite news|title=Security tops India Inc.'s concerns after attacks |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/006200812030922.htm |access-date=12 April 2011 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=3 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109040606/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/006200812030922.htm |archive-date=9 November 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>

Architects ''Shorabji Bhedwar'' designed the [[Streamline Moderne]] building, it marked the beginning of Back Bay reclamation in early 1938.<ref name=bombay>{{cite book|last=Rahul Mehrotra|first=Sharada Dwivedi|title=Bombay: the cities within|year=1995|publisher=India Book House|isbn=81-85028-80-X|pages=335|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RuhOAAAAMAAJ&q=}}Page 233</ref>

==History==
The foundation of Eros Cinema was laid in 1935.<ref name=bombay/> The cinema opened in 1938 and construction of this building on the then newly reclaimed Backbay plot housing shops and other businesses, apart from the cinema, took about two and a half years to complete.

==Design==
Partially faced with red Agra sandstone, this building is painted cream. The two wings of this Art Deco building meet up in a central block. The foyer is in white and black marble with touches of gold. Marble staircases with chromium handrails lead up to the upper floor. The murals are in muted colours depicting Indian architectures.

==Importance==
The building is part of [[The Victorian and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai]], which was added to the list of [[World Heritage Sites]] in 2018.

==Current Status==
The Eros Cinema has been defunct since 2016. The Cambata Building which houses the theatre was sealed by the City Collector due to legal disputes but was later unsealed on the order of [[Bombay High Court]], but the screening at the theatre has not been resumed.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/eros-may-soon-reopen-its-doors-to-cinemagoers/article25420426.ece|title=Eros may soon reopen its doors to cinemagoers|last=Deshpande|first=Tanvi|date=2018-11-05|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-10-16|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

However, the Cambata Family who owns the building has been in talks with other cinema businesses to revive the Eros Cinema with some renovation and changes to the building without harming the heritage structure.<ref name=":0" />

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