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'''Plaza''' is a single-screen cinema hall in the [[Dadar]] locality of [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]. It was bought by [[Sakharam Govindji Keni]] from a Parsi owner and is given on lease to V Shantaram in the 1930s. A 2005 [[The Times of India|Times of India]] reports informs that V. Shantaram trust sold their rights to run the cinema to Himani & Co., and that [[Kiran Shantaram]], V. Shantaram's son and a trustee of the V. Shantaram trust was the general manager of the cinema. It considers the Cinema a legend.<ref name="TOI-20050611">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-toi/A-legend-restored/articleshow/1139564.cms|title=A legend restored|last=Wajihuddin|first=Mohammed |date=2005-06-05|work=The Times of India|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.|accessdate=9 June 2012|location=Mumbai}}</ref> The cinema has a single screen and a capacity of 880 seats.<ref name="TOI-20040329">{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-03-29/mumbai/28341578_1_single-screen-theatres-theatre-owners-manoj-desai|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103093238/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-03-29/mumbai/28341578_1_single-screen-theatres-theatre-owners-manoj-desai|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-03|title=State govt, cinemas in show-stopping showdown|date=2004-03-29|accessdate=9 June 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|location=Mumbai}}</ref> Kiran Shantaram is a former [[sheriff of Mumbai]] and the head of the Asian Film Foundation. It was one of the three cinema halls where films seventh [[Asia-Pacific Film Festival|Asian Film Festival]] were screened.<ref name="TOI-20081016">{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-10-16/mumbai/27942783_1_national-film-archives-p-k-nair-chief-guest|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103182603/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-10-16/mumbai/27942783_1_national-film-archives-p-k-nair-chief-guest|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-03|title=7th Asian Film Festival in city from today|date=2008-10-16|accessdate=9 June 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|location=Mumbai}}</ref> It is an important theatre for the screening of [[Marathi cinema]].<ref name="TOI-20050611" /> According to Marathi film critic Amit Bhandari it "is not a mere theatre but the reflection of aspirations of more than three generations of actors... Marathi theatre has given stalwart character artistes to both Marathi and Hindi movies. From [[Neelu Phule]], [[Shreeram Lagoo|Shreeram Lagu]], [[Bhakti Barve]], [[Nana Patekar]], [[Reema Lagoo|Reema Lagu]], to [[Laxmikant Berde]], [[Makarand Anaspure]] and many others — they have all stood outside the [[Shivaji Mandir]] drama theatre gates and looked across the street at Plaza hoping to see their faces smiling down from the hoardings..."<ref name="DNA-20010103">{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_dadars-landmark-cinema-to-be-just-a-memory_1489505|title= Dadar’s landmark cinema to be just a memory|last=Pawar|first=Yogesh|date=2011-01-03|publisher=Diligent Media Corporation Ltd.|accessdate=9 June 2012|location=Mumbai}}</ref> It was one of the 13 places where [[1993 Bombay bombings|1993 bomb blasts occurred in Mumbai]] on 12 March 1993.<ref name="TOI-20120312">{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-12/mumbai/31152333_1_tiger-memon-blasts-zaveri-bazar|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103142244/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-12/mumbai/31152333_1_tiger-memon-blasts-zaveri-bazar|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-03|title=Will 1993 serial blasts accused ever be held?|last=Ali|first=S Ahmed|date=2012-03-12|accessdate=9 June 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|location=Mumbai}}</ref> 10 persons died and 37 were injured. This blast occurred at 3.13 PM.<ref name="IBN-20070718">{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/march-121993-the-day-that-changed-mumbai-forever/45165-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004193119/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/march-121993-the-day-that-changed-mumbai-forever/45165-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-04|title=March 12, 1993: The day that changed Mumbai forever|date=2007-07-18|work=IBN Live - website|publisher= Cable News Network LP, LLLP. A Time Warner Company|accessdate=9 June 2012|location=[[Noida]]}}</ref> The [[Nana Patekar]], [[Raaj Kumar]] movie [[Tirangaa]] was playing at the hall. The movie started at 3.00 pm a little after the earlier show had finished. There were 881 spectators in the hall. Shantaram later recalled that had the bomb gone off during the change over there would have been hundreds of casualties.<ref name="IE-20060919">{{cite news|url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=74059|title=They were watching Tiranga|last=Nair|first=Smita|date=2006-09-19|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=5 May 2013}}</ref>

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[[Category:Cinemas in Mumbai]]

Plaza cinema, Mumbai - Revision history

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