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{{short description|Cinema in Hyderabad, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox shopping mall
| image = Imax theater hyderabad.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| caption = Prasads IMAX theatre
| location = [[Khairtabad]], IMAX Road, NTR Marg, Near [[NTR Gardens]], [[Necklace Road]], [[Hyderabad]], India
| coordinates = {{coord|17.412842|78.465879|display=inline,title}}
| address =
| opening_date = 25 July 2003
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| developer = [[Prasad Studios|Prasad Media Corporation Limited]]
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| number_of_stores =243
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| website = [http://www.prasadz.com/ Prasads]
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'''Prasads Multiplex''' is an Indian [[Multiplex (movie theatre)|multiplex theater]] in [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/prasads-imax-screen-is-back-to-its-glory-with-biggest-screen-in-the-country/articleshow/95737712.cms|title=Prasad's IMAX Screen is back to its glory with biggest screen in the country|newspaper=The Times of India |date=24 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/prasads-multiplex-in-hyderabad-readied-with-a-modern-look/articleshow/84880517.cms|title=Prasads Multiplex in Hyderabad readied with a modern look|newspaper=The Times of India |date=30 July 2021}}</ref> It was India's third IMAX theatre prior to the theatre's 2014 conversion to Prasads' in-house premium large format, PCX.<ref>{{Cite news|title= CNN Travel |url=http://travel.cnn.com/explorations/escape/worlds-10-coolest-movie-theaters-355218|publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title= King of Good times Prasad's Imax|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/article2332172.ece?|work=The Hindu |date=7 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Deprez |first=Camille |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=glGxDwAAQBAJ&dq=Prasads+imax&pg=PA120 |title=Bollywood: Cinéma et mondialisation |date=2019-09-19 |publisher=Presses Universitaires du Septentrion |isbn=978-2-7574-2147-5 |language=fr}}</ref> It is a part of the LV.Prasad Group that has been an integral part of the South Indian film industry for over 7 decades.

== Description ==
The multiplex is a centrally air-conditioned venue with an area of {{cvt|235,000|sqft}}. It has six screens, a food court and a shopping mall covering two levels of the complex.<ref>{{cite web |title=GHMC - Prasad's IMAX |url=http://www.ghmc.gov.in/hyd/visitplacesnew.asp?status=13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121219012151/http://www.ghmc.gov.in/hyd/visitplacesnew.asp?status=13 |archive-date=19 December 2012 |access-date=23 November 2012 |publisher=Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Nakka |first=Sai Bhaskar Reddy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lnHLEAAAQBAJ&dq=Prasads+imax&pg=PA28 |title=Hussain Sagar |publisher=Sai Bhaskar Reddy Nakka |language=en}}</ref>

==History==
Prasads Multiplex was launched initially as Prasad IMAX on 25 July 2003 by [[Prasad Studios|LV Prasad Group]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/movies/you-are-my-classroom-ss-rajamoulis-emotional-note-on-prasad-multiplexs-20-years-8448715.html|title='You Are My Classroom:' SS Rajamouli's Emotional Note On Prasad Multiplex's 20 Years|date=28 July 2023|website=News18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/imax-theatre-steaming-ahead/articleshow/17700542.cms|title=IMAX theatre steaming ahead|newspaper=The Times of India |date=2 August 2002}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.rediff.com/money/2002/sep/07shop.htm|title=rediff.com: The southern shopping spree|website=m.rediff.com}}</ref> The PCX screen number 6 was previously branded as a 3D IMAX 70mm theatre until 2014. It is the biggest in India at {{cvt|64|x|101.6|ft}} in a 630-seat auditorium.<ref>{{Cite news| url= https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/hyderabads-prasads-multiplexs-large-screen-gears-up-for-avatar-the-way-of-water/article66262324.ece| title= The renovated large screen at Prasads multiplex, Hyderabad, gears up for James Cameron's 'Avatar: The Way of Water'|first=Sangeetha Devi|last=Dundoo|newspaper=The Hindu |date=14 December 2022 }}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:prasads2.jpg|Multiplex floor
File:Prasads climbing wall.jpg|Indoor Climbing wall
File:Prasads IMAX gaming section.jpg|Game section
File:Prasada Imax, Hyderabad.jpg|Prasads Imax, Hyderabad
File:Prasads Multiplex.jpg|Night View of Prasads Multiplex from HMDA Grounds
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:Entertainment in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:IMAX venues]]
[[Category:Cinemas in India]]

Prasads Multiplex - Revision history

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