Kolkata

The "Metro" Pattern

December 13, 2025,
11:30 am - 1:30 pm

New Empire, Esplanade

A walk of Esplanade led by filmmaker and SRFTI faculty Suman Majumder charting the history of Calcutta's cinema viewing culture through its Art Deco theatres, concluding with a discussion at the Metro Cinema on the impact of ‘Metro pattern’ on the city's visual paradigm with fashion historian Debasree Sarkar.

This event is part of the fifth edition of The City as a Museum, an annual festival that revisits the city’s iconic landmarks through alternative perspectives exploring how creative and conflictual usage over time shapes their identities.