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Who’s the most naturally gifted cricketer you’ve ever watched?

Sanju Verma is one of the most annoying, arrogant & obnoxious persons on TV circus. Here she gets a reprimand by Arnab but don’t read too much into to it. Some times BJP uses Godi media to distance themselves from their own buffoons. It’s just that. Joy to watch none the less

Once upon a time before the multiplex boom and OTT, Hyderabad had some great single screen theaters, that were iconic in their own right. Many of them have closed down due to various reasons. Thread on some of them. Sangeet, Secunderabad- The go to destination for Hollywood flicks, and it showed the best ones. If a movie was released in Sangeet, you could vouch for it's quality. Also was the first theater in twin cities to get DTS, and Optical Stereo Sound. It shut down in 2008, due to renovation work, and has not opened later. It was a truly iconic place, very posh, excellent seating, and sound system. Another good theater for Hollywood movies was Surya 70/35 mm in Abids, showed some really good movies, but closed down quite long time back. Skyline/Sterling in Basheerbagh was another good theater for Hollywood flicks, a major landmark in that area. Again they showed some pretty good movies, and Basic Instinct ran close to a year in Sterling. Anand on S.D.Road in Secunderabad, was another go to, usually for Bollywood movies, but they also showed some good English ones, remember watching Lord of the Rings here. Odeon near RTC X roads, a complex of 3 theaters- 70mm, 35 mm and Mini Odeon, showed the latest Telugu movies, had a great sound system. One of Chiranjeevi's favorite theaters. I believe it's now a multiplex. Maheshwari-Parameshwari, the original multiplex in Hyderabad, with escalators, rich lavish look, popular site for movie shoots, was a tourist attraction by itself. It's now converted into an Inox Multiplex. If you were a lover of old Hindi movies, there were a host of theaters in Hyderabad- Zamrud in Abids, Lata near Nampally, Dilshad, Navarang, Vikrant near Jambagh, Royal near Koti, all of which have closed down. Some other popular single screens near RTC X roads that have shut down are Subash, Tirumala. I guess only Sandhya, Sudarshan, Devi are around. Lakdikapool had Shaam, Amravati both closed down. There was another one Meera now its Sensation Theater. Deepak, Venkatesa, Srinivasa in Narayanaguda popular for Telugu movies are also shut down now. Also there was Kishore in Narayanaguda for Hollywood flicks. Kumar in Kacheguda was popular for Hollywood movies, but now it just runs some B-Grade stuff. Santosh/Sapna for Bollywood is still around, and Ramakrishna theaters owned by NTR family is now a multiplex. Another theater Tarakarama though is no longer there. Secunderabad had a whole lot of well known single screen theaters Nataraj, Manju, Manohar all shut down. This is not an exhaustive list, there are many other such single screens closed down in Hyderabad/Secunderabad or closing down. Lot of memories associated with them.

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