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Citylight Cinema to open in new avatar after 7 years
MUMBAI: Citylight cinema, which was once the loved cinema hall for people around Shivaji Park Matunga and Mahim areas in Mumbai, is all set to open to the public after a seven-year hiatus in a refurbished look with the Anil Kapoor and Ajay Devgn-starrer Tezz.
The old 750-seater theatre has made way for a single screen 250-seater theatre. The new avatar of the cinema hall will have enhanced Dolby surround sound system, UFO satellite transmission, plush seating,
ample parking space and all the other frills that multiplexes offer such as a food court.
The cinema hall, which opened in 1942, used to screen classics such as Baiju Bawra and Anarkali. In the later years, filmmakers including the Barjatyas considered the theatre lucky for premiering their films.
Their blockbuster Hum Aapke Hain Kaun ran at the theatre for 33 weeks here.
In its heydays the theatre would attract cinema lovers from the entire Mahim-Matunga-Dadar area. But in the first decade of the new millennium, the cinema hall lost its patronage to the frills that multiplexes offer. The single-screen theatre finally shut down in 2005.
It was sold by Kishan Panjabi, who inherited it from his father Narayandas, to builder Shyamjibhai Gogri, who redeveloped the property. While commercial offices were set up on the ground, first, second and third floors, the fourth and fifth levels were kept for the new Citylight cinema.
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Rashmika Mandanna, Shanaya Kapoor and Naila Grrewal climb IMDb’s Indian celebrity rankings
Upcoming films and returning shows are driving fan interest across Bollywood and streaming
MUMBAI: Bollywood’s popularity contest has a new weekly scorecard, and the numbers are telling. IMDb’s Popular Indian Celebrities list for this week places Shanaya Kapoor at number six, buoyed by buzz around her film Tu Yaa Main. Naila Grrewal slots in at seven on the back of the returning comedy series Maamla Legal Hai, while Rashmika Mandanna climbs to eighth, riding mounting anticipation for Cocktail 2.
The list, available exclusively on the IMDb app for Android and iOS, tracks trending Indian entertainers and filmmakers each week, drawing on data from more than 200m monthly visits to the platform worldwide.
Further down the rankings, Raaka is keeping two of its biggest names in the spotlight. Deepika Padukone holds 11th position, with Allu Arjun close behind at 13th, as the film continues to find traction with audiences.
The list offers fans a weekly pulse on who is breaking through, who is holding steady, and who is fading. It is a barometer as unsparing as the box office itself.
