Nostalgia reigns as cinema hall gets makeover

As a child, the window of his room was Dashrat Mangaonkar’s favourite spot. After all, this corner of the home heralded news of the latest film at the cinema next door. He had only to crane his neck, see the curtains open, rush downstairs, climb a wall and find a vantage point on the roof of the Hindmata theatre. The next three hours were spent in stopping the blades of an exhaust fan with a thin spoke and peering at the screen through the vents.