Curtain falls on the romance of India's single-screen cinemas
- The interior view of the single-screen Mukunda Theatre in Bengaluru.
- (Photo: AFP/Idrees Mohammed) 27 Sep 2026 11:55AM BENGALURU: The demolition has begun at Bengaluru's Urvashi Cinema, once a 1,200-seat movie palace where generations of filmgoers cheered and whistled, another casualty of India's vanishing single-screen era.
- I was so happy when it opened," said Manjunath, watching as seats were ripped out and strewn outside.
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- The interior view of the single-screen Mukunda Theatre in Bengaluru.
- (Photo: AFP/Idrees Mohammed) 27 Sep 2026 11:55AM BENGALURU: The demolition has begun at Bengaluru's Urvashi Cinema, once a 1,200-seat movie palace where generations of filmgoers cheered and whistled, another casualty of India's vanishing single-screen era.
- I was so happy when it opened," said Manjunath, watching as seats were ripped out and strewn outside.
Sources: CNA