Purasawalkam has a history of single-screen presence and all of them are not in today’s cinema map. One of them is Roxy, which was famous for screening English films till the 1980s. It had a majestic presence on Purasawalkam High Road, not far from the Doveton corner. Originally called the Globe, it Was built by the film pioneer Raghupathy Venkaiah in 1918 and hailed as one of the most significant architectural renderings of a cinema theatre in a long time.
Sadly the Roxy Building has been completely demolished and a shopping complex stands in its place.
Source: K .Kalpana & Frank Schiffer
Madein Madras 