Amber Cinema Jamnagar shuts down; was the ONLY the | Indian Movie News
The single screen cinema halls have a allure but are also dealing with a powerful time surviving in the instances we live in. Hence, it is not unusual to hear about such theatres shutting every now and then. The newest theatre to down its shutters is Amber Cinema of Jamanagar. It was also one of the oldest working theatres in Gujarat.
As per stories, Amber Cinema was inaugurated in 1972 and the first movie to play there was the Dharmendra and Hema Malini-starrer Raja Jani. The theatre soon turned well-liked and an indispensable half of the lives of the movie buffs of the city. The stories said that it turned troublesome for the management to run a single screen in at the moment’s instances. Hence, with a heavy coronary heart, it ceased operations on Friday, June 27. A discover board has been put up inside the premises that states ‘The theatre will remain closed from today’.
Fanaa connection
In 2006, Amber Cinema made information nationwide as it screened the Aamir Khan-Kajol starrer Fanaa, the only movie in Gujarat to do so. The romantic thriller was banned in the state after Aamir Khan participated in a protest led by environmentalist Medha Patkar against the Narmada Dam. Aamir’s effigies have been burned across the state and realizing that there might be law and order issues and even vandalism, theatres across Gujarat determined not to play Fanaa.
The matter reached the Supreme Court which made it clear that the Gujarat authorities was duty-bound to present security for multiplex house owners if they sought police safety. Accordingly, on June 6, that is on the twelfth day of Fanaa’s release, Amber Cinema determined to release the Yash Raj Films saga. From the archives, we’ve discovered that on the first day, the movie recorded only 30% occupancy, probably due to concern of protests and violence. But once the public realized that there was no hazard, the exhibits ran with full occupancy. It was mentioned that people flocked from outdoors Jamnagar as nicely to catch the movie.
On June 11, however, a man set himself on fire in the washroom of Amber Cinema to protest the screening of Fanaa. It re-ignited the protests. On June 12, the Amber Cinema determined to discontinue the movie. By then, almost 13,000 people had watched Fanaa.
Meanwhile, Pravin Joshi, the man who tried self-immolation in Amber, handed away after battling for life in a hospital for 9 days.
Radhe connection
Amber Cinema was one of the three theatres in Gujarat to play Radhe – Your Most Wanted Bhai (2021). It was launched in May that yr, during the top of the second wave of COVID-19, when cinemas have been shut. On June 27, when the Gujarat authorities allowed theatres to resume operations, the management of the movie launched the Salman Khan-starrer. The movie was accessible on OTT and furthermore, the phrase of mouth was poor to average. Yet, the movie managed to get around 20-90 admissions a day, which was a feat. The movie ran there for almost 20 days.
RIP single screen tradition in Jamnagar
With Amber shutting down, no single-screen cinema is now in operation in Jamnagar. At one level, the Gujarat city had almost 7 theatres like Deepak, Anupam, Jayshree, Galaxy, and so forth. At current, three theatres, all multiplexes, are working operations – Inox Crystal Mall, Mehul Cinemas and PVR Utsav JCR Entertainment. The first two are in the metropolis while the final one is positioned on the outskirts and also consists of a Drive-In theatre.
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