Alaka to get a Makeover

Updated on: 23 February,2009 09:44 AM IST |
Vivek Sabnis |

The management will spend Rs 5 crore for renovating this 60-year-old cinema hall that played host to the Mangeshkars

The management will spend Rs 5 crore for renovating this 60-year-old cinema hall that played host to the Mangeshkars

The theatre management is planning to spend a whopping Rs 5 crore for its renovation.

A date with history: Alaka Theatre, which was built in 1948, is all set to celebrate its diamond jubilee on February 25.
Pic/Vivek Sabnis

However, it's not the first time that Alaka will undergo an overhaul. Built in 1948 and boasting a seating capacity of about 800, Alaka has changed with the times.

"We had installed the Dolby-Digital sound system in 1999 and will now upgrade it with the latest acoustics technology and ultra-modern projection machines," said Mukund Gondhalekar, owner of Alaka Theatre.

Gondhalekar claimed that the management would adoptu00a0 the latest technologies that are available. "Hence, we are raising funds from people who are in the exhibition business who believe in the 60-year-old legacy of Alaka," he said.

Gondhalekar added that the renovation programme will be carried out step by step.

Speaking about the booming multiplexes in the city, he said that people don't appreciate multiplexes so much.

"Unlike multiplexes, we believe that entertainment should be affordable for the common man," he added.

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