An iconic movie house on an iconic road in Bangalore presents a picture-perfect view to passers-by at the front as machines rip through its innards at the rear.
Plaza Talkies being demolished for the Namma Metro project on M.G. Road in Bangalore on Monday. A metro terminal is slated to come up where the theatre now stands. Barely.
Photograph: Karnataka Photo News
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29 March 2010 at 10:57 pm
Feels bad.. as a kid I had watched a lot of movies there.. like the baby’s day out !!
29 March 2010 at 11:06 pm
we also lost the side walk to metro. Hope fully we will lose traffic jam’s once it is complete
29 March 2010 at 11:29 pm
As a kid, remember a rat jumping out from behind a seat while watching ‘Genghis Khan’ at plaza. Realized that every time there was loud clanging music, the rat would be disturbed from their normal activities. Sad to see the theater go.
30 March 2010 at 12:49 am
Bangalore has lost one more old charm
30 March 2010 at 2:08 am
A very sad development…it brings back fond memories of the time we used to hang out at this theatre…RIP Plaza
30 March 2010 at 9:06 am
you forgot the rats!
30 March 2010 at 10:26 am
…another victim of Metro’s rigid, arrogant and not-really-transparent way of operations…
during the last couple of years, Metro and BBMP have achieved something that cannot be repeated by any…together they have destroyed Bangalore’s charm while few politicians, contractors, BBMP officials have benefitted from this…trees, monuments, public spaces, et al have been destroyed and lost forever
30 March 2010 at 2:09 pm
Plaza is a memory now. Our uncle took us there for Jugle Safari. We reached an hour before and stood in a long queue. The hall was fully packed. Though that was the only film I saw there, I can’t forget watching it.
30 March 2010 at 2:24 pm
When was the theatre closed? I don’t remember watching any movies at all over there.. :( So thought it was closed down loooong back.
30 March 2010 at 2:42 pm
Girlfriends, Popcorn and Memories is appropriate title.. ;-)
MG road, which was known for its movie theaters has become just another shopping/office block now. It’d have been better if the Metro ran underground in this area, and allowed the old MG road to remain as it is.
But then – change is the only constant in life… :-(
30 March 2010 at 4:41 pm
In its last days it was a theatre for S&M fans and English movie fans (two demographics with a surprisingly large overlap in Bengaluru).
If you wanted to watch the latest English movies in Bengaluru (pre-multiplex) Plaza was generally the place.
If you wanted stinky toilets, rats, poor sound, creaky seats, broken cushions and a perennial feeling of sitting on the edge of a cliff (esp if you were sitting in the balcony) then Plaza was also the place.
No parking, zero facilities, shit lighting and awful amenities… no wonder it closed.
Thank God for multiplexes.
31 March 2010 at 4:42 pm
sad
31 March 2010 at 7:10 pm
I remember seeing ‘The Ten Commandments’ and few other old popular movies at the Plaza. It was a wonder how we managed to sit though the smells and the rats for hours and yet enjoy the movie. I wish they could build a smaller and cleaner movie-plex above the new metro station.
2 April 2010 at 1:41 pm
>Thank God for multiplexes.
The only good thing about multiplexes is easy ticketing.
Popcorns at Rs.60/- Tickets above Rs.200. They don’t have the character of individual cinema we used to have (ofcourse, now almost all theaters have gone bad, as their incentive for keeping them alive is almost nil).
Perhaps it’s just my age, but I used to watch 2 movies a week, and now it has come down to perhaps two movies in a year.
4 April 2010 at 3:25 pm
No great loss. Better to have a Metro station instead of the rat-infested, bug-ridden Plaza!
16 July 2010 at 5:23 am
Even if we call for a global tender and give contract to an agency to destroy Bangalore they will not destroy it so well the way our corrupt poilticians, greedy contractors, and autocratic BBMP are doing.
Tagore Circle underpass is going on despite strong public protest, I believe that there is a proposal to widen the road starting from Halli tindi hotel on Bull temple road right upto Vidyapeeta circle.