Super Cinema Multiplex Construction in Multan

Multan Garisson Club Services Club

Under construction cinemas and plazas in Muktan

If someone still believes that the cinema business is on the verge of collapse, then he should look at the level of investment being made by different entertainment companies, like Super Cinema, in establishing state-of-the-art multiplex cinemas. This could be enough to change perception.
At present, around 100 new multiplex cinema houses are either under construction or in the pipeline all over the country with investment estimated at Rs10 billion. Of these, 13 new screens (cinemas) will be installed by Super Cinema with an investment of over Rs1 billion.
Super Cinema Founder-entrepreneur Ramzan Sheikh, however, believes that the cinema business is still in its infancy despite lots of development aimed at replacing traditional cinemas with multiplex screens in recent years.
Established in 2012, under the umbrella of Mainland Group Limited, Super Cinema is expanding its footprint rapidly. In about two years, the company is running eight cinemas.
The group, which is also operating the Royal Palm Golf and Country Club, is well aware of the changing trends and ways to capitalise on them and set up profitable ventures.

 The cinema industry got a real lift after the removal of the ban on Indian films in 2007. Apart from this, the Punjab government, following the 18th Constitution Amendment, is encouraging private investment in the neglected industry and supporting efforts to remove hurdles in the way of growth, adds Sheikh.

 The upcoming 13 cinema projects worth over Rs1 billion in cities like Multan, Sialkot and Lahore will also include food courts.

 Sheikh believes that the modern cinema is incomplete without food courts and play areas for children. The group is also investing in quality food courts along with digital/3D screens and is trying to establish it as an allied business.

Street singers and more

My late mother was an unsung film critic and a devoted K L Saigol fan. As a young woman in the 1930s, she along with her cousins (chaperoned by my grandmother) would rarely miss these classics. Her collection of 78 RPM records featuring Saigol, Pankhaj Malik, K C Dey, Kanan Bala and other celebrity singers of the era was a family treasure till the 1980s, when an unfortunate accident caused their total loss. There was one K L Saigol movie that was amongst her favorites – this film was titled ‘Street Singer’, wherein the hero appeared cradling a ‘harmonium’ and singing in the streets to eke a living.
Street singing is a vocation that has been in practice all over the world since centuries. In the Sub Continent this form of entertainment manifested itself in both rural and urban environments

 I cannot sign off this week’s column without mentioning the unforgettable character that once roamed the roads around Company Bagh in the Cantonment Area of Multan. Dressed in grubby western clothes, a cigarette perched between his lips, the man insisted on accosting total strangers in ‘Yinglish’. If one happened to respond, he would act as if he had met a long lost friend. This was the time to flee the spot, for if one did not do so, then a hand would latch on to one’s dress to be followed by a back to back performance of a series of Saigol songs, delivered to rouse the dead.

The writer belongs to a very old and established family of the Walled City. His forte is the study of History.

Walls of 680 years Old Mausoleum in Multan under threat

Saturday, February 01, 2014 - Multan—Water penetration from two ablution points has badly damaged two boundary walls of the 680-year-old mausoleum of Hazrat Shah Rukn-e-Alam on its north-east corner, one of them subsided with cracks visible and the other tilted by three inches towards north.

The pre-Mughal era masterpiece can safely be dubbed as the symbol and glory of Multan and was declared one of the best conserved monuments in the country following its conservation in 1977.

The two ablution points, both on the north-east corner, one was built inside in 2010 and the other on the other side of the wall was built in 2012. Both ablution facilities were connected to the wall and were closed last year after the Archaeology Department found cracks on the wall running southwards from the north-east corner.

However, after the passage of three months, cracks in the wall running southwards widened further enough for anybody to peep through them and it also subsided by 2.5 inches down making its upper surface curved in the middle. The 38 feet long portion of the wall that is 2.5 feet thick would have to be rebuilt from its foundations which might be 30 feet deep, officials said.The wall running westward from the north-east corner tilted by three inches towards north, Archaeology Department officials said on Friday. They added that the wall was situated on the edge of a slope and its five bastions saved it from a possible collapse. The tilt of the wall also developed a long crack in the floor of the mosque inside the mausoleum.

One heavy rain would cause more water seepage to the foundations and may deteriorate the situation, the SDO Archaeology said, adding that it might also damage the 100 feet portion of the wall that was recently conserved at a cost of Rs 2.7 million.He said the Auqaf and Archaeology Department officials had been informed of the situation.

Monument of Fallen in War made in Multan

Shaheedan Monument

Shaheedan Monument created in Multan in a park in Multan cantt, contains names of fallen in wars of 1965 and 1971

Punjab Youth festival: Second day of District Games Multan

In Multan, 541 players of Vehari, Lodhran and Khanewal districts participated and 231 moved to the next round.

File photo of Bull cart race

Gates will be constructed at Entry Points of Multan City

Gates of Multani designs will be constructed at Entry Points of Multan City to make city more beautiful. In first step gates will be constructed at Khanewal road and Muzafargargh Road, gates will represent Multani culture.In second step other gates will be constructed on other entry points of Multan

Tomb shah ruk ne alam Multan

Moniument will be Constructed at Chungi No 6 Multan

DCO Multan said a monument will be constructed on Chungi number 6, a busy intersection, in Multan. He added that city is being decorated with flowers. He inaugurated green belt on Hamayun road. He said Multan is beutified with a slogen of "Green Green Multan" and soon a monument will be constructed on chungi number 6 intersection.

POTER MULTAN

POTER MULTAN

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POTER MULTAN PKG 30-04 from Junaid Ahmad on Vimeo.

Japanese Calendars Exhibition in Multan

 

‘Japanese calendars exhibition’ in Multan Thursday, January 16, 2014 - Multan—Around 109 different calendars have been put on display in the “Japanese Calenders Exhibition 2014” to show the culture and contemporary arts of Japan. The exhibition was organized by the Embassy of Japan in collaboration with Multan Arts Council at Multan Arts Council on Wednesday. The exhibition was inaugurated by the Counsellor Embassy of Japan in Pakistan Mr Toshikazu Isomura and EDO Community Asif Ali Farrukh. The exhibition will remain open for public till January 29. The Counsellor Japan Embassy said that calenders show Japan’s traditional and contemporary arts, spots, automobiles, nature, cultural heritage and architecture. Every calender is a piece of art, the Japan Calenders Association has tired their best to attract viewers through different subjects and mediums, he added. A large number of local people visited the exhibition, however, all calendars would be distributed to the visitors through balloting draw by the Multan Arts Council.

Conserving heritage: Architects hit a wall while restoring walled cities

  South Asian Cities Conference in Karachi

 “However, urban reconstruction in historical contexts is difficult,” Arshad grimly said. And no one has patience, she added. A lot more needs to be done and the reconstruction needs to be sustained
This problem is reflected in Fauzia Qureshi’s presentation of a similar project in the Walled City of Multan.
Qureshi, also an architect and the former principal of the National College of Arts, Lahore, who had some success stories of reconstruction the major monuments of the inner city of Multan. Her consultancy provided surveys, data and restoration plans of the tombs of Shah Rukn-e-Alam, his mother, Shah Sabzwari, the Eid Gah Mosque, and other temples, shrines, mausoleums and dharamshalas. Many of them were reconstructed and restored.
However, some plans of the reconstructions did not last. The Damdama is a part of the Multan Fort wall and occupies north-western corner of it. It is the highest point of the fort, and Qureshi showed a picture with a Union Jack hoisted on it – after the British defeated the Sikhs in the mid-nineteenth century.
Despite, Qureshi’s team telling the government that the Damdama only had a few leakages and cracks that “needed to be stitched up”, the government decided to take it down and build a restaurant instead.
 She also narrated how she was successful in removing Gol Market that had encroached on public just outside the Multan Fort. The government was asked to build a green roundabout and other green belts going towards the fort. “But, two years after the area was cleared, a mosque was built on the roundabout itself.” Some markets also returned, she sighed.

Hundreds of Years Old Cinemas of Multan

 



Crown, a 105-year-old non-operative cinema and some other pre-partition cinemas which have been pulled down are depressing for film-lovers of the city as they have their fond memories attached with these cinema houses. Imperial, the only cinema in Multan Cantt and Khayam, another old cinema on Old Khanewal Road, were demolished last year including Anjumun and Shalimar.
Located at Nawan Shehr Chowk, more than 60 years old Zenith cinema is also being demolished while Mehfil, Taj Mahal and Naushab have not been screening films since long which have been disappointing for cinema goers.
“The city had 20 cinemas in the past and families used to visit cinemas for watching films, but now only four cinemas-Rex, Capri and Dream Land are screening films regularly. Babar and Starlite cinemas have been converted into theatres,” said Cinema Association President Masood Arif Butt while talking to this agency on Monday.
Crown, one of the oldest cinemas of the city, was known as “Sitara Taki” in the past. Like some other cinemas, Crown is also not screening films since long depicting gloomy situation for film-lovers.
“When we made our optical shop in Multan Cantt in 1970, we saw Imperial cinema here. Perhaps, it was a pre-partition cinema. It was the only entertainment place for dwellers of the area. But Alas! Now it has been converted into a garments mall,” lamented Muhammad Wasim, who runs an optical shop in Cantt.
“Multan is a cultural city and it had several beautiful cinemas. I was very fond of films when I was young. Tickets were also cheap and films were superb either they were Urdu or Punjabi. Now, I don’t find good cinemas except a few in the city,” said Sheikh Ishfaq, another old cine-goer.
Several attempts were made to contact CEO Multan Cantonment, Malik Ishaq, through call and sms for his comment on the story, but he could not be reached.

At the moment there is no 3D cinema in Multan but under construction
 

Craft Bazar of Multan

Multan crafts include
Blue pottery and tiles
Khussa a special shoes
Embroidery

Craft bazar is located in Water Works Road Near Lohari Gate Multan