30 April,2023 07:35 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Eros Theatre
While Twitter was abuzz with rumours about the iconic Eros Theatre in Churchgate being pulled down, BMC officials on Saturday told mid-day that the building was only undergoing restoration.
Eros Theatres stopped operations in 2017, following in the fate of many single screen cinema halls in the city.
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When contacted, Aparna Bhatte, deputy municipal architect of BMC, said, "As per my knowledge, the building is not being pulled down. It's undergoing repairs and restoration since 2018-19."
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On Saturday, following rumours about the building being torn down to make way for a mall, social media users began to shares their memories of visiting the iconic south Mumbai theatre. Filmmakers Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri and Apurva Asrani, and comedian-actor Vir Das were among those who took to Twitter.
Speaking with mid-day, a BMC official said: "Are those tweeting photos and spreading rumours even taking any effort to confirm what's happening? One tweet follows another, and people just blindly follow these without any confirmation."
