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Cinema has always been one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the city of Delhi, India. Therefore, movie theaters are major entertainment venues in the city, and have been prominent in the nation's movie theatre industry. In recent years Delhi's many single-screen cinema halls have been giving way to large multiplexes. Cinemas have long been prominent venues in the city. The Delite Cinema, for instance, was once considered the tallest building in Delhi and was patronised by political leaders including Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajendra Prasad, Indira Gandhi and such film stars as Dilip Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Dev Anand, Nutan and Madhubala. The Delite has also staged various national and international theater productions. Arguably, the first modern multiplex in Delhi, the Anupam cinema, was opened in 1997 by PVR (Priya Village Roadshow) in South Delhi and went on to break national records for attendance. In 2009 the Delhi Cine Goers Association (DCGA) was founded by a group of young movie buffs residing in New Delhi. DCGA is now operating in different businesses of cinema industry. As of 1 July there are 56 cinemas in Delhi, 17 of which are multiplexes. The total number of screens is 99.〔(Entertainment Tax Lowered )〕 ==History== By the 1940s there were about seven or eight cinema houses in Old Delhi. "People called them 'bioscope'. The more proletarian members of society called them ''mandwa''," according to a 2002 article in ''Seminar'', a monthly journal in Delhi. "For some reason, the old picture halls were hardly ever called by their proper names — the Ritz, the Novelty or Kumar Talkies (which incidentally still stands in Chandni Chowk and has recently been renovated). Instead, they were known by the area in which they were situated. So Kumar Talkies was ''patharwala'' and Jagat was ''machliwala''". Movies were advertised by men pushing hoardings (billboards) on wheels down the city streets. "Unknown in those days, M.F. Husain (Indian artist ) could be seen painting movie hoardings on Esplanade Road." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cinemas in Delhi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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