Photo by Pramod Pushkarna/National Herald
Photo by Pramod Pushkarna/National Herald
The old gentleman (centre) is a regular visitor at Regal Theatre, who for decades has been coming to see which film was being screened after visiting Gurudwara Bangla Sahib nearby
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In Pictures—Bye bye Regal Theatre, till we meet again

On the day before Delhi’s historic Regal Theatre closes its doors—hopefully only for a while—the theatre’s many regulars over the decades came to watch closing screenings of classic Raj Kapoor films

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Photo by Pramod Pushkarna/National Herald
Photo by Pramod Pushkarna/National Herald
The old gentleman (centre) is a regular visitor at Regal Theatre, who for decades has been coming to see which film was being screened after visiting Gurudwara Bangla Sahib nearby
Photo by Pramod Pushkarna/National Herald
Photo by Pramod Pushkarna/National Herald
Film buff Neelam Bawa (right), a retired Ministry of Home employee and her colleague Dimple, came to get a ticket for the evening show of Sangam on Regal Theatre’s penultimate day; Bawa says she has seen almost every film screened at the theatre

Photo by Pramod Pushkarna/National Herald
Photo by Pramod Pushkarna/National Herald
Framed photos of yesteryears’ cinestars Madhubala and Dev Anand inside Regal Theatre
Photo by Pramod Pushkarna/National Herald
Photo by Pramod Pushkarna/National Herald
Selling the last few tickets at Regal Theatre, on March 30, 2017

Photo by Pramod Pushkarna/National Herald
Photo by Pramod Pushkarna/National Herald
Regal Theatre’s famous “chess floor” foyer
Photo by Pramod Pushkarna/National Herald
Photo by Pramod Pushkarna/National Herald
Dinesh Kumar plays the last few reels in the projector room at Regal Theatre

Photo by Pramod Pushkarna/National Herald
Photo by Pramod Pushkarna/National Herald
Regulars, and those simply wanting to be part of Delhi’s cinema history, wait in line for tickets on the penultimate day before Regal Theatre closes
Photo by Pramod Pushkarna/National Herald
Photo by Pramod Pushkarna/National Herald
After March 31, the gates of Regal Theatre, familiar to all passersby on the famous corridors of central Delhi’s Connaught Place, will be shut. Perhaps one day in the not too distant future, these gates will open to Delhi’s public once again

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