Regal Cinema

I don’t know how many of you are aware of this heritage place in central Delhi. I have never been to this place, I heard the news of its closure in 2017 still I wasn’t able to go there and I wasn’t even aware of its history before this news. So closure of this place made me curious and I asked my father about this place and he told me few things.

This theatre was built in 1932 and it was one of the biggest theaters in New Delhi and was the first building in the area. It was single screen cinema hall. During its initial times it had 3 floors but in 1996 above 2 floors were sold to Madame Tussaud's to open wax museum in the building.

The theatre was designed by an English architect Walter Sykes George blended many Mughal influences along with palm trees that lined the entrance. My father told me that it was a costly cinema during that time and he has also never been there.

When the owner decided to shut it down, he decided to open multiplex in the place of the cinema. The last day of this cinema was 30^th March 2017 and films like “Mera naam joker” and “Sangam” were screened.

The cinema is pride of Delhi’s cinemas and these kind of things define the heritage very well.