Madhur Bhandarkar's Dehradun diaries

Madhur Bhandarkar

On a visit to Dehradun, filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar not just met the Uttarakhand chief minister, but also visited some students and went to a single screen theatre. During the meeting with Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, Bhandarkar discussed the possibility of promoting Uttarakhand as a film shooting destination.

He also met students of St Joseph's Academy. Of visiting the single screen theatre, Bhandarkar tweeted: "Visited oldest Single Screen theatre of Dehradun, Prabhat Talkies, which is standing tall since 1947. Met the owner, a passionate exhibitor and film enthusiast Deepak Nagalia, It's sad to know that this theatre is on the verge of closure."

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