PVR, India’s No.1 film exhibitor, said it has put on hold all construction and other capital expenditure related to new projects and screens, and issued a profit warning for the current quarter on account of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “The Company opened 13 new screens in FY’21 which were already under fit-out prior to lockdown. […]
In a sign of things slowly returning to normal, PVR announced the opening of a new multiplex theater after nearly a year. The new six-screen multiplex theater — the biggest in Mysore — will open inside Mysore’s biggest mall, Forum Center City Mall, today. PVR CEO Gautam Dutta said the new muliplex will offer “advanced […]
PVR, the country’s biggest chain of multiplex cinemas by far, indicated that the worst was behind for the company, as customers started trickling back into theaters in November and December. Nevertheless, the pace of recovery continues to be very gradual. For the three months ended December, PVR’s operations generated revenue of Rs 45.40 cr. This […]
PVR Cinemas, India’s largest cinema chain by far, has opened a mega, 12-screen luxury multiplex at Vegas Mall, Dwarka, Delhi. The property, termed as a company ‘flagship’, will take the total screens in Delhi to 62 from 50 and the total number of locations to 16. The Vegas Mall PVR contains one IMAX screen, one […]
PVR Pictures, the production and distribution arm of India’s largest film exhibition company, said it has signed an agreement Kumar Mangat Pathak and Abhishek Pathak’s Panorama Studios to distribute films across India. Panorama Studios has produced hits like Omkara, Special 26, Drishyam, Singham, Raid and Pyaar Ka Punchnama, since it was founded in 2005. PVR […]
India’s largest multiplex chain PVR Cinemas announced the launch of its new multiplex at Uthandi Mall, Chennai. The ten-screen property is equipped with a BARCO 2K projection system that offers better picture quality, said PVR Cinemas. In addition to this, the auditoriums are equipped with Dolby 7.1 surround sound and next-generation 3-D. PVR also introduced […]
PVR Pictures, the production arm of India’s largest cinema chain, said it will distribute films from Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance Entertainment. Both companies will collaborate for the first time to distribute Reliance Entertainment’s upcoming film Game Over, releasing on June 14. This will be followed by the Hrithik Roshan starrer Super 30, which will release on […]
India’s largest multiplex chain PVR Cinemas launched its eighth multiplex in Hyderabad. The six-screen property, located at the Hyderabad Next Galleria mall in Musarambagh spreads across an area of 26,630 square feet and has a seating capacity of 985 seats. It comes with a BARCO 2K projection system that offers better picture quality, according to […]
SPI Cinemas, a part of India’s largest multiplex chain PVR, has launched at Park Square Mall in Whitefield in Bengaluru. The four-screen cinema is set on the third and fourth floors and can seat 696 people in total. With the launch, PVR’s network now stands at 715 screens at 154 properties in 60 cities. On […]
PVR, India’s largest multiplex operator by far, said it will acquire 72% of SPI Cinemas, which operates 17 multiplex theaters in South India including Chennai’s Sathyam, for around Rs 633 cr in cash, and the remaining 28% by issuing its own shares. SPI Cinemas is a leading cinema player in South India with 17 multiplexes, […]
PVR Cinemas said it has opened its 137th multiplex at Phoenix United Mall in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. With this, said India’s largest cinema exhibitor, it now has 13 multiplexes in Uttar Pradesh. The company has also increased the total multiplexes in North India to 49. The latest property will have four screens, taking the total screens […]
PVR Cinemas, the country’s largest cinema exhibition chain, said it has opened a four-hall multiplex cinema at Garuda Mall in Mysore. The multiplex has 948 seats and comes with 2K projection systems, Dolby Digital 7.1 surround sound and next generation 3-D screens. The property is spread over 29,500 square feet. Chairman and MD Ajay Bijli said […]
Multiplex theaters in Maharashtra will have to allow customers to carry their own food items into the exhibition hall, Maharashtra government said in the legislative assembly. The statement by consumer affairs minister Ravindra Chavan in the assembly comes in the context of a public interest litigation being heard in the Mumbai High Court about ‘overcharging’ […]
PVR Ltd, India’s largest cinema chain, became even bigger today with the opening of a 5-screen multiplex at Vellore near Chennai, taking the total screens to 630. The latest property has been opened at Velocity, Silk Mill, Gandhinagar and has a total seating capacity of 906 and an area of 24,000 sq. ft.. Vellore is […]
PVR Cinemas, India’s largest cinema exhibition company, said it has decided to set up 16 new 4D theaters at its most popular theaters in Delhi, Gurgaon, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Pune and other cities. The 4D theaters — which include moving seats and other effects — will be set up with the help of CJ 4DPLEX, […]
PVR Limited, India’s largest theater chain, said it agreed to acquire a minority stake in US-based luxury restaurant-and-theater company iPic-Gold Class Entertainment, LLC. The US company operates 16 luxury theaters with 121 screens across 10 States in the United States, PVR said. Ajay Bijli, Chairman and Managing Director of PVR, will join the board of directors of […]
PVR, India’s largest movie chain, said viewers can now watch any movie they want — including oldies, small-time and independent flicks and documentaries — by voting for them on movie-on-demand app VKAAO from Bookmyshow. When a certain number of app users sign up for a screening at a particular time and theater, the movie theater […]
PVR Cinemas, India’s largest theater chain, has launched a new loyalty program to retain, attract and reward high-value customers. The program, known as PVR Privilege, will entitle its members to get reward points for all their spends, and these points can in turn be used to buy tickets and food. The program offers reward points […]
PVR, India’s largest multiplex chain, said it opened its 127th property at Grand Galada Centre Mall in Chennai. The facility will have five screens and is equipped with 2K projection, 7.1 Digital Dolby surround sound and Dolby ATMOS. The screens also support 3-D, the company said. With this, the company now operates 584 screens in […]
PVR Ltd, India’s largest chain of film exhibition halls, said it had entered its 49th city with the opening of a new multiplex in Moradabad. The three-screen, 631-seat facility was opened inside the newly opened Parsvnath Mall. The facility marks the 11th city in Uttar Pradesh that is home to a PVR complex. With this, […]
