Rawalpindi:
Rawalpindi’s entertainment sand is losing its reference points, since another historical place is being erased. Nishat Cinema, located in Liaquat Road, near the historic Liaquat Bagh, has been demolished after 75 years.
Built in 1950, during the golden era of Lollywood, the cinema mainly exhibited Punjabi films, with occasional urdu exams. At that time, a general transport terminal operated with Liaquat Bagh, and the spectators often took the last show in Nishat before leaving cities like Lahore.
Once 24 cinemas home, Rawalpindi no longer shows any movie. Fourteen cinemas have been replaced by places and shopping centers, three turned into wedding rooms, two occasionally organizing theatrical and five remaining actions for 25 years, whose owners have also requested demolition permits to build commercial complexes.
Nishat Cinema once enjoyed the public full, including the projections of Indian films until 1952. It flourished until the 1990s, after which the decline of Pakistan’s film industry led to the closing of many theaters. The internal disputes between the owners and the judicial cases forced the closure of Nishat in 2000.
After an agreement between the parties and the end of the litigation, the demolition began on Friday to give way to an eight -story trading square. The site, considered the main property in Liaquat Road, has long been a focal point for passersby, and even the issue of disputes and shots.
With this demolition, the Rawalpindi film industry, which once was the one that has almost disappeared. Cinemas such as Naz, Shabistan, Gulistan, Sangeet, Rose, Novely, Taj Mahal, Imperial, Nigar, Tasveer Mahal, Rex, Capital and Qasim have become places.
Kahkashan, Nadir and PAF have become wedding rooms. Moti Mahal and Rialto occasionally organize theater shows, while Khurshid, Plaza, Odeon, Serose and Garrison have been closed for more than two decades.
