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Thursday, March 12, 2026
TopicCinema halls

Topic: cinema halls

Krishna Talkies and Assam’s lost single screen cinema magic

As Krishna Talkies is reduced to rubble, a town that once travelled in bullock carts to watch films is left without a screen at its centre.

How Old Delhi’s Delite Cinema outlived Golcha, Jubilee, Novelty. ‘Solution is romance’

The Raizada family has been keeping single-screen moviegoing alive in Old Delhi since the Nehru era. Cash registers are still ringing at Delite Cinema.

There’s a reason Bollywood loves Rajmandir Cinema. Jaipur’s single-screen hall is a unicorn

Amitabh Bachchan and Raj Kapoor to Vicky Kaushal have all waved from the balcony of Rajmandir Cinema. While peers like Minerva and Golcha have shut down, it keeps small-screen culture alive.

Small-town India gets a new movie experience. Inflatable cinema halls with Dolby, recliners

Picture Time Digiplex is the king of inflatable cinema. It isn't competing with multiplexes but is offering a quick assemble-dismantle option in small towns & semi-rural areas.

Back to the movies: After decades of closure, Kashmir opens 2 cinema halls on ‘historic’ Sunday

Cinema halls were closed down in Kashmir in the '90s following the spread of terrorism. Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, opened 1 hall each in Shopian & Pulwama districts Sunday.

The Kashmir Files holds no ‘grand truth’ to ‘open your third eye’. It exploits cinema’s flaws

There is a difference between political cinema and politically motivated cinema. The Kashmir Files is the latter.

Have confidence and belief that audiences will come back to cinemas, says PVR head Ajay Bijli

In conversation with ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta on Off The Cuff, Bijli talked of the hardships cinemas faced during the pandemic & why OTT platforms are not a threat.

What it is like to watch a movie at a theatre now that cinemas have opened after seven months

Alternate seating, with no one directly in front of or behind another person, pre-packed food and longer intervals for more stringent sanitisation are some steps being taken.

Big-screen experience irreplaceable, PVR Cinemas head says as movie halls open across India

In an interview to ThePrint, PVR Cinemas Joint Managing Director Sanjeev Kumar Bijli talks about cinemas opening up after nearly 7 months and how the movie-watching experience will change.

Picture abhi baki hai — cinema halls eagerly await movie-mad Indians

Nearly 10,000 movie theaters across India closed in mid-March. From 15 October, cinemas will become one of the last few categories of public building to reopen.

On Camera

Modi govt organises Rozgar Melas, but vacant posts show its hiring capacity is limited

Before attempting to answer whether the Rozgar Melas are working, it would be useful to take a look at the performance of the Modi govt on this front since it was formed in May 2014.

India’s Russian crude imports approach pre-Trump sanction levels amid Hormuz disruptions & US ‘waiver’

India has already purchased nearly 16 million barrels of Russian crude so far in March 2026, translating to roughly 1.6 million barrels per day, indicating a sharp uptick.

India-Bangladesh relations on track—After military intel chief’s visit, envoy goes to Army War College

In a first during his tenure as High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah addressed JOCAP consisting of tri-forces officers, as New Delhi & Dhaka step up normalisation efforts.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.