Kolkata: iconic prachi cinema has gone for a makeover with a food court on the ground floor turning into retail outlets.
Before realizing the cinema is reopened, the outermost façade will get a facelift.
Reducing the number of seats also on the card.
There are rumors about Prachi going to the Metro or partners to survive.
However, the owner of Prachi Vidisha Basu told Tii that he did not “sell” or “rent” it.
“Prachi will reopen the new avatar under the same ownership.
I have taken the bazaar franchise.
The retail outlet will be on the ground floor where our food court first.
Our cinema, which was inaugurated by my grandfather Jitendra Basu in 1948, will get A new look with a modern touch while maintaining his inheritance value, “he said.
However, Prachi will return only after the government gives permission and there is a stable content flow.
During his heyday, this cinema has held a lot of important playback and prime film Bengali with people like Bidhan Chandra Roy, Satyajit Ray, Soumitra Chatterjee, Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen present.
On personal requests Uttam Kumar to the owner, the first Hindi film was filtered there was ‘Chhoti Si Mesqat’ in 1967.
The talk of renovating the cinema had begun in December 2020.
A week before that, her husband, Sanjay partner, died.
“Every puja, we will go to where my sister in Gurgaon and then go to Badrinath.
Sanjay has a massive heart attack in the morning after Darshan we were in 2019 and shifted to a Gurgaon hospital,” said Basu.
He gradually recovered after being in a coma for two and a half months.
“Single screen does not provide income.
My sister and I have decided to renovate and run the renovated prachi as award for the memories of our ancestors.
In addition, we have responsibility for staff,” Remember.
The idea is to find a sustainable income model without just depending on the value of nostalgia.
However, destiny has other plans.
“One afternoon, everything went silent.
Sanjay has another heart stop,” he said.
That was a week before Prachi’s renovation should begin.
The renovation plan must be detained.
If the anxiety is difficult to deal with, as well as the challenge of bringing a seven-year-old daughter alone and serves as a middle-aged woman in the world of cinema patriarchy.
“Tagore ‘song’ Bipade More Rokkha Karo ‘and Rani Rashmion Life gave me the power to fight it and save Prachi.
I live with Sanjay’s memory and immerse yourself in work.
Renovation work starts at the end of February this year,” he said.
Basu is now regularly a shuttle between Gurgaon and Kolkata to take care of the theater and his family.
“When the theater closes so long, so many things need to be repaired.
During Amphan, the building experienced some internal and external compensation that requires a comprehensive improvement.
The building is still under renovation.
After we replace all seats, we will be able to understand the right occupancy,” he said.