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$\"rajkapoor2.jpg\"$ <\/a>A whole generation of movie goers have grown up in Delhi watching Hollywood and good Bollywood movies in South Delhi\u2019s Chanakya theater.<\/p>\n

This 1076 seat hall with an annual attendance of 850,000 and a turnover of Rs 15 million, started off in 1970 with \u201cMera Naam Joker\u201d and the screening of the 9-45 p.m. show of \u201cTaare Zameen Par\u201d at Chanakya cinema here on night of December 27, 2007 marked the end of the journey for this cinema hall which marked high of good cinema. The father and son Rajesh and Aditya Khanna have been running this hall since 1970.<\/p>\n

It is befitting that for this hall which reverbrated with the words in its first screening:<\/p>\n

Kal Khel Mein Hum Ho Na Ho
\nGardish Mein Taare Rahenge Sada
\nBhoolenge Hum Bhoologe Tum
\nPar Hum Tumhare Rahenge Sada
\nRahenge Yahin Apne Nishan
\nIske Siva Jana Kahan
\nJeena Yahan \u2026<\/i><\/p>\n

.. is now giving way to new experience defining movie experience with a multiplex cum mall.<\/p>\n

I still remember when I was a kid and I went to see the movie Benji<\/a> way back in 1970\u2019s. And then when I was in my 11th standard, we used to have Zodiac parties \u2013 where people from one Zodiac used to pool together and throw a party for the other classmates. It usually included a lunch\/dinner and a movie. When it was the turn of us Leos, we went to Chanakya\u2019s Nirulas for a Pizza party and then a movie in Chanakya.<\/p>\n

A piece of Delhi of my generation now passes into history!<\/p>\n

Do you have any memories of Chanakya? Please do share them here in the comments section\u2026<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A whole generation of movie goers have grown up in Delhi watching Hollywood and good Bollywood movies in South Delhi’s Chanakya theater.<\/p>\n

This 1076 seat hall with an annual attendance of 850,000 and a turnover of Rs 15 million, started off in 1970 with “Mera Naam Joker” and the screening of the 9-45 p.m. show of \u201cTaare Zameen Par\u201d at Chanakya cinema here on night of December 27, 2007 marked the end of the journey for this cinema hall which marked high of good cinema. The father and son Rajesh and Aditya Khanna have been running this hall since 1970.<\/p>\n