MYSURU: Lakshmi, an iconic theater hall in Mysuru that began shortly after midnight and screened Kannada films for a long time, is the most recent to fall into the Covid.
Close for almost one and a few a year following the pandemic broke out, its owners decided to permanently shut it was fiscally unviable to rekindle and operate the company no more.
Theatre’s managing partner Jayanth Subramanyan, 68, told TOI:”One strong motive was Covid.
Apart from is that the new generation which isn’t interested in the organization.
Therefore, the choice to shut down it.
The construction is more than 70 years old and we must analyze its equilibrium.” The theater on Chamaraja Double Road has been launched in 1949 and also the closest bus stop conveys its title in testimony to its own fame.
He said that his dad C Shrikantan purchased the 752-seat theater from its first owner in 1970 in partnership with others.
The theater screened big-ticket pictures of its time, and several movies ran to a crowded house for over a hundred days.
He remembered the achievement of’Raja Nanna Raja’ (starring Rajkumar), Bandhana (Vishnuvardhan-Suhasini), Aaptamitra (Vishnuvardhan) and also Gaalipata (Ganesh), amongst others.
Echanur Kumar, a historian, said that the theatre was popular amongst moviegoers clipping across the social spectrum.
“College students favored this particular theater.
Several celebrities, such as Rajkumar and MG Ramachandran, seen the theatre.
It screened Tamil pictures also,” he explained.
Karnataka Film Exhibitors’ Federation vice-president MR Rajaram said large property taxation, hefty commerce license charge, and Covid 19-induced limitations are impacting the movie exhibitors from town.
Film fans are frustrated, having dropped their favorite hall into the pandemic.
“Many films released here would be to become blockbusters.
Since it had been at the center of the town, well connected and viewing superhit films, it had been popular amongst all elements of society” explained Bhanavi Suresha resident in KR Mohalla.