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J&K Cinema Halls Inauguration: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday inaugurated a multipurpose cinema hall each in two districts of south Kashmir, Pulwama and Shopian. LG Sinha told reporters in Pulwama, “We will soon build such cinema halls in every district of Jammu and Kashmir. Today I dedicate such cinema halls to the youth of Pulwama and Shopian.
Manoj Sinha in a tweet termed the occasion as ‘historic’. He said, “A historic day for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, inaugurated multipurpose cinema halls in Pulwama and Shopian. It will help in enhancing the skills of youth from film screening, infotainment facility to youth. .
Cinema halls will also be inaugurated at these places
The spokesman said that cinema halls would be inaugurated soon in Anantnag, Srinagar, Bandipora, Ganderbal, Doda, Rajouri, Poonch, Kishtwar and Reasi. Kashmir’s first INOX multiplex will be opened for public next week. It will have three cinema halls with a total capacity of 520 seats. When asked if the government wanted to give any message, LG Sinha said, “There is no message. This is an initiative taken under the leadership of ‘Mission Youth’ (Secretary) Shahid Iqbal Choudhary.
There were once a dozen cinema halls in Kashmir
There were about a dozen single cinema halls in the Valley by the late 1980s, but they had to shut down the business after two terrorist organizations threatened cinema hall owners. Although authorities attempted to reopen some theaters in the late 1990s, such attempts were foiled by terrorists in September 1999 with a deadly grenade attack on the Regal Cinema located in the heart of the Lal Chowk area. done. Two other theaters—Sapphire and Broadway—began operations, but had to close due to poor response.
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