Gold Walls, Fixtures And More: Excelsior Cinema In Fort Has A New Glam Avatar

The iconic single-screen that stands a lone soldier in Fort, Excelsior cinema has recently been revamped, and we went there to take a look at the makeover.

The single screen cinema which seemed to have shut down the past year left us feeling a little bereft. It’s the age of the multiplexes, we thought solemnly; it’s bound to happen, and we left the thought. A few months later, the news came that Excelsior had now been resurrected. New Excelsior Cinema, as it has now been called was taken charge of by Subhash Ghai’s production house – Mukta Arts.

Gilted with gold, Excelsior 2.0 is as fancy as it gets now. Rose gold lamps, gold matrix-like walls, ceilings The seats are plushy and you will, mark our words, sink into them and consider never leaving them. But if that’s a risk you’re willing to take, this is the cinema for you.

The food remains fairly classic – popcorn tubs, nachos loaded with cheese and the likes. There is an old school touch, however – servers carrying around trays of samosa slung around their neck, selling them in the theatre as though it’s an illegal trade.

Excelsior still is a single screen theatre, screening movies both Hindi & English, and the tickets are priced between INR 100-250 depending on the show timing and day.

Move over multiplexes. We are amused and enjoying the charm of these single screens more and more as they’re making a sequel to the theatres. Does it look a little like the backdrop of a cabaret dance routine? Yes, a little. Does that mean we won’t visit again? Hell no. See you there.