For artist-designer Ruchita Madhok, Mumbai’s Art Deco cinema halls house more than just eclectic films. Their ascending ziggurats, geometrical motifs and grand interiors usher in memories of her college days, when she could skip class and be at Eros or Liberty in time for a new movie. “I grew up watching films in Art Deco movie halls in the early ’90s. Liberty was well-known for Hindi films but the others showcased a lot of English movies too. Each of these halls is important to me and my love for films, as well as to so many cinema-lovers in Mumbai,” she tells us. As a tribute to these iconic structures, the founder of Kahani Designworks and Storycity and her team have created a set of four illustrations of Regal, Liberty, Eros and Metro cinemas that are available at Kulture Shop.

Illustrations of Regal