Searching lost time.

[Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi]

Chanakya Cinema in Chankayapuri shut down in 2007 – its building was demolished two years later.

The old Sangam Cinema in RK Puram too was razed.

The colonial-era Plaza in Connaught Place has been converted by the PVR Cinemas chain into a multiplex. BIG Cinemas, a theater chain of Reliance MediaWorks Ltd, acquired the nearby Odeon in 2009.

The oldest British-era theater in Connaught Place, Regal, which was built in 1932, continues to exist in its original form. For now.

Note: If you have old cinema tickets, please contact me at mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com.

Rest in peace

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