There used to be a huge playground in Hatibagan in the erstwhile address of single screens like Sree and Uttara. The ground was called Hegodangar Math. Later, it became a favourite with circus owners who put up their tents there. Taking cue from this, the Madan Company jumped into the fray there and started to screen movies in tents. One of those tents was converted into a stage in 1921. It was named as the Cornwallis Theatre. Later, it transformed into the Sree cinema. The other was named Crown, which later was christened as Uttara cinema. Uttara-Purabi-Ujjala used to be a dependable chain of Bengali film releases.