Paul Fernandes comic sketches.

The BRV went from British armoury to premier movie hall that screened all the James Bond films. However, when they began to lose their audience to competition from other theatres, they began to screen racier films, with women doing cabarets. In ’77 a 20 ft. cut-out of a Japanese woman in a bikini took the city by surprise. But despite the collective shock at such a brazen image, Bangaloreans of the time were too laid-back to organize a hartal or protest.

Paul Fernandes comic sketches.

In Pub City, Bangalore, Dewars Bar was the most popular watering hole. The name of the bar is apparently a play on Devarajan, the owner of the bar and Dewar's whiskey.

Paul Fernandes comic sketches...In simpler times, when crimes were more innocent.

Paul Fernandes comic sketches...Plaza theatre that once screened the latest films in Bangalore is now the entrance to Namma Metro.

Paul Fernandes comic sketches...Artist Paul Fernandes with a cut-out of a policeman from the 1960’s.

Paul Fernandes comic sketches.Koshy’s, an old favourite, hasn’t changed much. Unfazed by posh neighbours like the Hard Rock café, it is abuzz with end

Paul Fernandes comic sketches.

Paul Fernandes comic sketches.

Pedestrians at the risk of early learners at the Bangalore Driving School.

Artist Paul Fernandes with a cut-out of a policeman from the 1960’s. The official police uniform included shorts starched so stiff they were nicknamed