The documentary features original interviews with notable Indian film stars, including Zeenat Aman, Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, and Hema Malini.
[3] The narrative is staged to present the history of Hindi-language cinema while exploring various political themes of the 20th century, all through the reactions and interactions of a typical Indian theatre audience of the 70s.
[4] Krishna Shah hired the highly regarded Kamleshwar for the Hindi-language version of the screenplay, while Parallel Cinema veteran K.K.
Sony Music India would later release a Cinema Cinema soundtrack album, featuring Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam, Sudesh Bhosle, Vanraj Bhatia, and Sonali Bajpayee.
"[7] In the book Journalism, Democracy and Civil Society in India, authors Rao and Mudgal singled-out Cinema Cinema's depiction of a 1970s-era theatre experience as a demonstration of audience abuse by Indian exhibitors of the time.