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Prasads Multiplex was launched initially as Prasad IMAX on 25 July 2003 by LV Prasad Group. [9] [10] [11] The IMAX screen number 6 was originally a 3D IMAX 70mm until 2014. Now called PCX, it is the biggest in India at 64 ft × 101.6 ft (19.5 m × 31.0 m) in a 630-seat auditorium.
In 2003, Ramesh Prasad expanded his ventures by opening Prasads, an IMAX theater in Hyderabad. The idea came after a visit to the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. in the early 1990s, where Ramesh watched an IMAX film To Fly (1976). Inspired by the experience, he decided to bring IMAX technology to India. [5]
The group is headed by Ramesh Prasad and Sai Prasad, son and grandson of the late L.V. Prasad respectively. It owns one of the major equipment and film facilities in India for feature film and advertising post production. Prasad Group works in feature films, film and video restoration and commercial advertising production. [citation needed]
Akkineni Laxmi Vara Prasada Rao (17 January 1907 – 22 June 1994), known professionally as L. V. Prasad, was an Indian film director, producer, actor, and businessman. He was one of the pioneers of Indian cinema and is the recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award , the highest Award for films in India.
[9] [10] In November 2014, when Hollywood film Interstellar opened in theatres, Prasads was the only IMAX screen in India where the space drama was watched on 70mm film. [11] [12] The movie screen is said to be the largest IMAX screen (64 ft in height x 101.6 ft in width) in India and it is said to be fixed in Screen 6 of Prasad’s multi-plex ...
IMAX is a proprietary system of high-resolution cameras, film formats, film projectors, and theaters known for having very large screens with a tall aspect ratio (approximately either 1.43:1 or 1.90:1) and steep stadium seating, with the 1.43:1 ratio format being available only in few selected locations. [1]
A screening of Shrek the Third at the Vispathè cinema, in Campi Bisenzio, Italy IMAX at Gading XXI, North Jakarta (second largest IMAX in Indonesia) This is a list of movie theater chains across the world. [1] [2] The chains of movie theaters are listed alphabetically by continent and then by country.
Prasads IMAX Theatre, Hyderabad, was once the world's largest 3D-IMAX screen and the most attended screen in the world. [240] [241] [242] Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad, is the world's largest film studio. [243] K. Moti Gokulsing and Wimal Dissanayake identified six major influences that have shaped Indian popular cinema: [244]