Cinema In Delhi
Cinema has always been one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the city of Delhi, India. Therefore, movie theaters are major entertainment venues in the city, and have been prominent in the nation's movie theatre industry. In recent years Delhi's many single-screen cinema halls have been giving way to large multiplexes.
Cinemas have long been prominent venues in the city. The Delite Cinema, for instance, was once considered the tallest building in Delhi and was patronised by political leaders including Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajendra Prasad, Indira Gandhi and such film stars as Dilip Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Dev Anand, Nutan and Madhubala. The Delite has also staged various national and international theater productions.
Arguably, the first modern multiplex in Delhi, the Anupam cinema, was opened in 1997 by PVR (Priya Village Roadshow) in South Delhi and went on to break national records for attendance.
In 2009 the Delhi Cine Goers Association (DCGA) was founded by a group of young movie buffs residing in New Delhi. DCGA is now operating in different businesses of cinema industry.
As of 1 July there are 56 cinemas in Delhi, 17 of which are multiplexes. The total number of screens is 99.
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“The cinema is not an art which films life: the cinema is something between art and life. Unlike painting and literature, the cinema both gives to life and takes from it, and I try to render this concept in my films. Literature and painting both exist as art from the very start; the cinema doesn’t.”
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