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'''Siri Fort Auditorium''' is premier multi-[[auditorium]] complex of [[Government of India]]. Situated in the [[Siri Fort]] in [[New Delhi]], it is also the headquarters of the [[Directorate of Film Festivals]] (DFF), [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]], which also run the complex.<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact us |url=http://www.dff.nic.in/contactus.asp |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |accessdate=28 June 2013}}</ref> Also close by is the [[Siri Fort Sports Complex]]. It was a combined seating capacity of 2500, spread over its four auditorium, making it the largest such complex in Delhi. Besides the National Film Festival organized by DFF wherein public screening of [[National Film Awards|National Film Award]] winning films is held,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/PublicScreeningof59thNFA-WinningFilms.pdf|title=Public screening of award winning films|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|accessdate=2 June 2012|format=PDF}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/InaugrationFunctionofPublicScreening.html|title=National Film Festival 2012 begins at Sirifort, New Delhi|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|accessdate=4 June 2012}}</ref> it also hosts musical concerts, cultural performances, and plays.<ref>{{cite web |title=Siri Fort Auditorium |url=http://www.delhievents.com/2008/08/siri-fort-auditorium.html |publisher=delhievents |accessdate=28 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="BruynVenkatraman2006">{{cite book|author1=Pippa de Bruyn|author2=Niloufer Venkatraman|author3=Keith Bain|title=Frommer's India|url=https://archive.org/details/frommersindia0000debr|url-access=registration|accessdate=28 June 2013|year=2006|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-471-79434-9|pages=[https://archive.org/details/frommersindia0000debr/page/318 318]–}}</ref>

Built in the historic [[Siri Fort]] area, the 14th-century settlement of Delhi built by [[Alauddin Khalji]]<ref>{{cite book|title=History and Civics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NctOjJHdxv4C&pg=PA31|accessdate=28 June 2013|publisher=Frank Brothers|isbn=978-81-7170-797-3|pages=31–}}</ref> the main auditorium no. I, was built by the [[Delhi Development Authority]] (DDA) during [[1982 Asian Games]] held in Delhi. In 1986, the auditorium was taken over by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting at a cost {{INRConvert|98147000}}. Subsequently, the Ministry added three smaller auditoriums, Auditorium-II in 1992, Auditorium-III in 1996 and Auditorium-IV in 2003<ref>{{cite web |title=Details of Sirifort Auditorium - I, II, III & IV |url=http://dff.nic.in/detailsiriauditorium.asp |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |accessdate=28 June 2013}}</ref> The complex underwent a renovation in 2009–2010.<ref>{{Cite web  | title = Renovated facilities at Siri Fort Auditorium world class: Ambika | url = http://www.sify.com/news/renovated-facilities-at-siri-fort-auditorium-world-class-ambika-news-national-kj4v4kaeced.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140331172926/http://www.sify.com/news/renovated-facilities-at-siri-fort-auditorium-world-class-ambika-news-national-kj4v4kaeced.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 31 March 2014 | publisher = Sify News| date = 30 Sep 2010  | accessdate = 28 June 2013 }}</ref>