Date:17/05/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/17/stories/2008051758820300.htm

New Delhi

Shakuntalam theatre gets latest system

Staff Reporter

In this system movies are beamed directly from Mumbai via
satellite

NEW DELHI: To provide a new movie-watching experience to cinema lovers in the Capital, Shakuntalam Theatre at Pragati Maidan here has acquired the UFO projection system where movies are beamed directly from Mumbai via satellite.

One of the first theatres in the city to get the new UFO technology, Shakuntalam offers better picture quality, sound and comfortable push-back chairs.

To make films accessible to the lowest common denominator of viewership, the India Trade Promotion Organisation has reduced the prices of tickets from Rs.90 to Rs.70 and from Rs.70 to Rs.50 including entry to Pragati Maidan. During this fortnight, “Bhoothnath” directed by Vivek Sharma, “Tashan” directed by Vijay Krishan Acharya and animation movie “Ghatotkach” directed by S. Srinivas Rao are being screened at the theatre.