Kashmir’s first ever multiplex tryst with cinema will begin on October 1 this year with the screening of two epic movies, Vikram Vedha and Ponniyin Selvan (PS)-I, at the new INOX theatre in Srinagar’s Shiv Pora area. The experience of watching a film in a theatre returns to the Valley after gap of 23 years.
Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant-Governor Manoj Sinha will inaugurate the multiplex, which features three screens and a total seating capacity of 522, on Tuesday. Ticket sales will start on September 26, and the first show is slated for October 1. A dry run screening in the orange-ambience theatre has been completed.
“I see my dream coming true. Wholesome family entertainment had taken a back seat. When we were younger, we used to go to cinema halls in Kashmir. There were 10-12 cinema halls here,” Vikas Dhar, managing director of Taksal Hospitality Private Limited, which owns the multiplex, told The Hindu .
