New Delhi: After more than three decades, the people of Kashmir will get a chance to watch films on the big screen as the valley’s much-awaited first multiplex opens after Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s inauguration on Tuesday.
The multiplex will start with a special screening of Aamir Khan’s ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’. From September 30 regular shows will start with the screening of Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan’s ‘Vikram Vedha.’
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While inaugurating the multiplex, Manoj Sinha said that a film city will be established in the valley in the coming months. “With the advent of new film policies in the state, more films are being shot here now. We will also be establishing a Film city in the coming months, allotment of land for the Film city is done already,” the governor was quoted as saying by ANI.
The multiplex, designed by INOX in Srinagar, has three large auditoriums with a seating capacity of more than 500 people at a time. The auditorium has been provided with the Dolby Atmos digital sound system giving the viewers surround sound for the best movie experience. A food court is also being made for the people visiting the multiplex
Chairman of the project, Vijay Dhar told ANI that the youngsters should get the same facilities in the cinema that they get outside Kashmir.
“We saw there had been no such thing here for 30 years. We thought why not? So we’ve just started. The youngsters should get the same facilities in the cinema which they get in Jammu or in other towns of the country,” he was quoted as saying by ANI.
Earlier on Sunday, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated multipurpose cinema halls in the twin south Kashmir districts of Pulwama and Shopian.
According to the government, cinema Halls in Anantnag, Srinagar, Bandipora, Ganderbal, Doda, Rajouri, Poonch, Kishtwar and Reasi will be inaugurated soon, said a government press release.
The setting up of a multiplex in Kashmir, which has seen terrorism for a long time from the other side of the border, comes three years after the abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir. Notably, the theatres in the Valley had shut in 1990 due to the rise in militancy.
(With inputs from ANI)