City List – Old Cinemas, Around Town
Delhi by list.
[Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi]
Delhi has dozens of multiplexes. Indeed, the country’s first multiplex, PVR, opened in the capital in Saket in 1997.
The Delhi Walla is in possession of the cinema-listing page of the extinct Patriot newspaper, dated November 5, 1978. Here is a list of the city’s single-screen landmarks that existed in the Seventies.
1. Alankar
2. Alpna
3. Amba
4. Chanakyarama
5. Chandralok
6. Choudhury
7. Deep
8. Eros
9. Excelsior
10. Filmistan
11. Gianand
12. Golcha
13. Janak
14. Kalyan
15. Kamal
16. Kumar
17. Liberty
18. Majestic
19. Minerva
20. Moti
21. Naaz
22. Natraj
23. New Amar
24. Odeon
25. Palace
26. Paras
27. Payal
28. Plaza
29. Rachna
30. Radhu
31. Regal
32. Ritz
33. Rivoli
34. Sangam
35. Sapna
36. Savitri
37. Shobha
38. Swarn-Kisan
39. Uphaar
40. Vasant
41. Vishal
42. Vivek
43. Westend
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Is there any particular reason for this ordering? If not, I’ve taken the liberty of organising them alphabetically. It’s probably easier for one to search for one’s old favourites that way. Just a thought.
1. Alankar
2. Alpna
3. Amba
4. Chanakyarama
5. Chandralok
6. Choudhury
7. Deep
8. Eros
9. Excelsior
10. Filmistan
11. Gianand
12. Golcha
13. Janak
14. Kalyan
15. Kamal
16. Kumar
17. Liberty
18. Majestic
19. Minerva
20. Moti
21. Naaz
22. Natraj
23. New Amar
24. Odeon
25. Palace
26. Paras
27. Payal
28. Plaza
29. Rachna
30. Radhu
31. Regal
32. Ritz
33. Rivoli
34. Sangam
35. Sapna
36. Savitri
37. Shobha
38. Swarn-Kisan
39. Uphaar
40. Vasant
41. Vishal
42. Vivek
43. Westend
You are very helpful. I have replaced my disorder with your ordered arrangement. Thank you.
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