Chanakya is back after a decade as PVR ECX multiplex

Now the renamed PVR ECX Chanakya is part of a luxury mall

Chanakya, the ultimate destination for a generation of movie buffs in Delhi, returned on Friday with Hollywood flick Kingsman: The Golden Circle, after a 10-year break. The audience, gathered for the first show at 4.30 pm, had stories of nostalgia to narrate about the theatre located at the diplomatic enclave, Chanakyapuri. While many remembered the last film they had seen in the hall before it shut down in 2007, much has changed in the intervening decade.

The new multiplex is far removed from the single-screen hall with its prized staircase-seats, and fast food restaurant Nirula’s next to it. Earlier, Chanakya was