Iconic Mumbai’s iconic Eros Cinema reopens as IMAX cinema
Iconic Mumbai’s iconic Eros Cinema reopens as IMAX cinema
Mumbaikars, in particular the movie buffs get a good news that the iconic Eros Cinema is to reopen as an IMAX screen
In April 2023, rumours rained lthat the iconic Eros Cinema,
the engle-screen cinema hall at Churchgate faces demolition. This led to a pandemonium since it was an iconic theatre for Mumbaikars.
Notably, the Art Deco structure, established in 1938, is a landmark building of the city. The matter became so huge that Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had to clarify that the heritage building is not being pulled down.
As per a source, Eros will open as an IMAX with laser screen. Besides the IMAX screen, it’ll have a few small normal screens as well. Most of the work is complete and it should open soon, hopefully, this year, provided it gets all the permissions from the government authorities. The source also shared, that initially, Eros cinema was supposed to be an Inox multiplex but after the merger, it’ll be a PVR-Inox property.
Eros Cinema shut down in 2017 an to poor ticket sales and competition from multiplexes. In 2018, reports revealed that it’ll reopen as a 300-seater cinema hall on the first floor in place of the balcony and a department store on the ground floor.
Infact, the original Eros cinema had a capacity of 1204 seats.
A portion of the popular song ‘Tum Jo Aaye Zindagi Mein’, featuring Ajay Devgn and Kangana Ranaut, from ”
Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai released in 2010 was shot in Eros cinema.
Meanwhile,.Eros Cinema will be the first IMAX screen to open in Southpoo Mumbai. The nearest IMAX for town residents in Mumbai was at PVR Lower Parel.
Interestingly, one more IMAX screen is gearing up this
year, which will also be owned by PVR Inox. A source adds that , it will be a 6-screen theatre, one of which will be IMAX auditorium. It will be nestled in the Jio World Convention Centre, where the newest attraction of the city, Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, is also situated.
With these two cinemas, the number of IMAX theatres in Mumbai will increase to 7.
Thus, the city will have the maximum number of IMAX theatres in the country.
Meanwhile, Mumbai had 8 IMAX screens if the one at Wadala, run by Carnival Cinemas, had not shut down earlier in 2023.
News input KV Raman
