It's curtains for Tribhuvan, Kailash cinemas
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Manager of the theatres, B Balachandra, said the lease term of both Kailash and Tribhuvan had ended and hence they had to shut them down, contrary to media reports that the iconic cinemas were closing because of a dip in the collection. DH file photo
Two of Bengaluru’s oldest theatres, Tribhuvan and Kailash at Gandhinagar, will screen movies for one last time on Thursday before shutting down for good.
While Tribhuvan will screen two Hindi movies, ‘Santa Banta’ and ‘Laal Rang’, Kailash, located in the same building below, will screen ‘Last Bus’ (Kannada) and ‘Eedi Rakam Aado Rakam’ (Telugu).
The first movie screened by Tribhuvan was ‘Mooruvare Vajragalu’, a 1973 Kannada film starring Rajkumar, Jayanthi, Aarathi and Manjula in the lead roles. Kailash screened ‘Shankaracharya’ in 1976.
Manager of the theatres, B Balachandra, said the lease term of both Kailash and Tribhuvan had ended and hence they had to shut them down, contrary to media reports that the iconic cinemas were closing because of a dip in the collection.
“The present leaseholder is Prasad and he will come down to the city on Thursday from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh. The keys of the theatres will be handed over to the owner of Bajaj Complex located in Gandhinagar. The future leaseholder will take a call on whether or not to screen films in future.”
However, a few single-screen theatre owners feel that it is due to dip in the collection that cinemas were being shut down. B S Arun Kumar, who has leased out Nartaki, Sapna and Santosh theatres, said, “There was a time when films used to celebrate golden jubilee, but now they run for just two weeks.”
“The maximum number of days a movie runs at a single-screen theatre is four weeks. Most of the theatres are on lease in Bengaluru,” Arun Kumar said.
While Tribhuvan will screen two Hindi movies, ‘Santa Banta’ and ‘Laal Rang’, Kailash, located in the same building below, will screen ‘Last Bus’ (Kannada) and ‘Eedi Rakam Aado Rakam’ (Telugu).
The first movie screened by Tribhuvan was ‘Mooruvare Vajragalu’, a 1973 Kannada film starring Rajkumar, Jayanthi, Aarathi and Manjula in the lead roles. Kailash screened ‘Shankaracharya’ in 1976.
Manager of the theatres, B Balachandra, said the lease term of both Kailash and Tribhuvan had ended and hence they had to shut them down, contrary to media reports that the iconic cinemas were closing because of a dip in the collection.
“The present leaseholder is Prasad and he will come down to the city on Thursday from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh. The keys of the theatres will be handed over to the owner of Bajaj Complex located in Gandhinagar. The future leaseholder will take a call on whether or not to screen films in future.”
However, a few single-screen theatre owners feel that it is due to dip in the collection that cinemas were being shut down. B S Arun Kumar, who has leased out Nartaki, Sapna and Santosh theatres, said, “There was a time when films used to celebrate golden jubilee, but now they run for just two weeks.”
“The maximum number of days a movie runs at a single-screen theatre is four weeks. Most of the theatres are on lease in Bengaluru,” Arun Kumar said.