Chembur (Marathi:चेंबूर) is a suburb of Mumbai, India, as well as a railway station on the Harbour Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. It is a major transportation hub. Marathi is one of the widely spoken languages of India, and has a long literary history. ... , “Bombay” redirects here. ... The Harbour Line is a branch of the Central Railway in Mumbai. ... Suburban rail network. ...

History

Originally a picnic-spot on the north-eastern outskirts of Mumbai, Chembur is now considered a central suburb. The first building in Chembur is the 'Raote House' in Chembur's Gaothan near 10th road, developed in 1928. The name Chembur is a derivative of Chimbori (the Marathi word for crabs). Chembur was a causeway and a popular crabbing area earlier.

Geography

Major arteries originate at Chembur and lead to Navi Mumbai (new Bombay), Ghatkopar, Sion, Kurla and Mulund-Thane. The Central Railway’s Harbour Line, services Chembur. , Navi Mumbai (Marathi: नवी मुंबई) (erstwhile: New Bombay) is a satellite twin of the city of Mumbai, India. ... Ghatkopar is a suburb of Mumbai. ... Sion (Sheev in Marathi) is a suburb of Mumbai. ... Kurla is a major suburb of Mumbai. ... Mulund East-West Bridge Mulund is a north-eastern suburb of Mumbai, India. ... For the Anglo-Saxon royal retainer, see Thegn. ...

Chembur is 8.4 km long North-South and approximately 3 km broad East-West. (3.5 km at the broadest point). It lies between 19.072257°N & 18.996721° latitudes and 72.881096° and 72.910123° longitudes.

Occupying an area of 23.5 km², the bounds of Chembur extend from Tilak Nagar in the north (short of the Somaiyya Vidya Vihar campus) to the seafront in the south, past the Tata Thermal Power project. And from the Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers plant in the West (short of the IMAX Adlabs entertainment multiplex) to the Shah & Anchor Engineering College (short of the Deonar bus depot). At the centroid of this roughly rectangular 23.5 km² area is a small industrial building called Sita Estate, roughly 500 m south of the Ashish movie theatre.

Demographics

The northern half of Chembur is residential and the southern half is industrial.

Old bungalows and villas in the northern half are making way for high-rise apartments. Like most suburbs of Mumbai today, Chembur has a cosmopolitan population.

Many of the founders of India's film industry, celebrities like Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Shobhana Samarth and her daughters Nutan and Tanuja, Geeta Bali, Ashok Kumar, Om Prakash, Kishore Sahu, Surinder Kapoor resided in Chembur. Some of the present day Bollywood celebrities like Anil Kapoor and his brothers Boney (Achal Kapoor) and Sanjay Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty, Shankar Mahadevan, Ayesha Takia, Shreya Ghoshal, Malaika Arora and her sister Amrita Arora, Vidya Balan, and Birju Maharaj grew up in Chembur, where some of them still reside. Raj Kapoor (Hindi: राज कपूर, Urdu: راج کپور, Rāj Kapūr, December 14, 1924 - June 2, 1988) was a legendary Indian actor, director, and producer of Bollywood movies. ... Shammi Kapoor in Kashmir Ki Kali (1964) Shammi Kapoor (born October 21, 1931) is an actor in Hindi films. ... Shobhana Samarth was an actress in the early era of the Indian film industry,She started with Marathi cinema and her first hindi film, Nigahen Nafrat was released in 1935. ... Nutan Nutan (Hindi/Marathi: नूतन) (June 4, 1936 - February, 1991), was a well known Bollywood actress. ... Tanuja Samarth (September 23, 1943) is an Indian actress. ... Geeta Bali was born in late 1920s in pre partition Punjab as Harkirtan Kaur, she was a Sikh , her family moved to Bombay and were living in near poverty when she started to get breaks in films. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Om Prakash (19 December 1919; Lahore – 12 February 1998; Mumbai) was an Indian character actor active starting in 1947. ... Surinder Kapoor is a Bollywood film producer and was President of the Film & Television Producers Guild of India from 1995 to 2001. ... Anil Kapoor is a popular Indian actor who appears in Bollywood movies. ... Shilpa Shetty (Tulu: ಶಿಲ್ಪ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ) (born 8 June 1975) in Mangalore is a four-time Filmfare Award-nominated Indian film actress and model. ... Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian singer and music composer. ... Ayesha Takia (Hindi: ) (born in Mumbai, India) is an Indian actress. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Malaika in the ad for Indian home-furnishing retail chain Spaces Malaika Arora Khan is a Bollywood actress and model. ... Amrita Arora (Hindi: अमृता अरोरा), born 31 January 1978 is an Indian actress. ... Vidya Balan (Malayalam: വിദ്യാ ബാലന്‍, Hindi: विद्या बालन), (born January 1, 1982 in Palakkad, Kerala) is an Indian actress based in Mumbai, India. ... Pandit Birju Maharaj (born February 4, 1937) is the current head of the Lucknow gharana of Kathak dance in India. ...

(Burmah) Shell Colony, Sahakar Nagar, Subhash Nagar and Tilak Nagar are old housing board tenement colonies in Chembur. Anushakti Nagar at Deonar -- the staff quarters of Bhabha Atomic Research Center, lies just outside the eastern boundary of Chembur. Anushakti Nagar is the residential township of the Bhabha Atomic Research Center in Mumbai, India. ... See Bhabha Atomic Research Centre ...

Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers, a public sector company occupies a large portion of this suburb and it's residential campus is a rare green location in Mumbai.

Landmarks

• Bhabha Atomic Research Center, India's first nuclear research facility
• R K Studios
• Dukes factory
• Union Park
• Diamond Garden
• Maitri Park

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Shell Colony

Shell Colony originally consisted of buildings with the employees of the Shell Oil as residents. Most of the buildings in this colony are very old, up to 35-50 years. Now most of them have been rebuilt. Shell colony is famous for its Ayyappa Temple.
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This is a name of a colony situated in Shell Colony. The colony consists of only Chawls. Most of the settlements here are as old as 1975. Earlier this land used to be an ecosystem of Khaadis(in Hindi or Marshy land. Later some of the land was legally bought some legally encroached upon. The colony is famous for its Saibaba Temple. Also, the saint Marys Church of Syro Malabar Roman Catholics used to be here, but now the church is in ruins and the church services have been shifted elsewhere.

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There are basically 2 subsections of Shell Colony
1. Rahul Nagar - Chawl based houses situated at the banks of the Railway tracks
2. Saibaba Nagar - Chawl based houses situated on the boundary of Eastern Express Highway
3. Sahakar Nagar - 2 - 4 Floor buildings(now being redeveloped) and Baithi Chawls

Famous People

• Abey Kuruvilla the famous Cricketer who played for India was born and brought up here.
• Shankar Mahadevan (Of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy) - Music Director/Playback Singer.
• Anil Kapoor - Bollywood Actor
• Shilpa Shetty the Bollywood actress who recently won Big Brother UK and skyrocketed to popularity,born and brought up in Chembur.
• Vidya Balan - Bollywood Actress who starred in Parineeta,Munnabhai MBBS,Lage Raho Munnabhai,Eklavya
• Ashok Kumar - Bollywood Actor
• The Kapoor Family - Raj Kapoor,Shammi Kapoor,Rishi Kapoor,Randhir Kapoor,Rajiv Kapoor
• Ayesha Takia - Bollywood Actress

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Railway station

Chembur is an important railway station on The Mumbai Subarban Railway's Harbour line. It is the 13th Station from Mumbai CST and 18 kilometers by train.

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External links

• CST/Panvel Train timetable

Trivia

Gas Chamber of Mumbai: Because of the large number of refineries , fertilizer plants and a TATA Electric thermal power plant in the area ; Chembur's air quality was poor in the early 80's and right after the Bhopal gas tragedy , Chembur was nicknamed the gas chamber of Mumbai. Pollution levels in Chembur are now far lower and much better than other parts of the city. The Bhopal Disaster of 1984 was the worst industrial disaster in the history of the world. ...

See also

• Anushakti Nagar