Kashmir Gets Its First Multiplex. This Film Screened At Opening
NDTV
The mulitplex held a special screening of Aamir Khan-starrer 'Lal Singh Chaddha' after the inauguration ceremony.
Cinema is back in Kashmir. The first multiplex in Srinagar opened today with a special screening of Aamir Khan's movie 'Laal Sigh Chaddha', ending the three-decade wait of the movie buffs to watch their favourite stars on the big screen.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant General inaugurated an Inox multiplex in Srinagar, which can seat over 500. He also announced that a film city will soon come up in the Valley.
Cinemas and all sources of entertainment were shut down in Kashmir in 1989 after the outbreak of militancy. Extremist groups had forced the closure of cinemas and targetted those who defied their diktat.
Kashmir's cinema legacy is as old as Bollywood in India. The first movie hall "Kashmir Talkie" opened in Srinagar in 1932. It was later renamed Palladium cinema, two years before Bombay Talkies movie studio was founded in Mumbai.
