The historic Kiran Cinema, located in Chandigarh's Sector 22, has decided to cease movie screenings, adding to the list of fading single-screen theatres in the region. These single-screen cinemas were once a prominent attraction in the city, drawing enthusiastic moviegoers. However, the advent of multiplexes led to their gradual decline. Closure and heritage concerns The Chandigarh Heritage Conservation Committee (CHCC) allowed the theatre's owner to construct two commercial floors while preserving the outer facade of the building. Nevertheless, the committee had previously rejected a proposal to convert the theatre into a multiplex, citing the heritage status of Sector-22 and the historical significance of the theatre, designed by Maxwell Fry in 1956, an associate of Le Corbusier.

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