 The first motion picture theater, called 'Hind Cinema', was started in 1938 which was first of its kind during that period, it was owned by a family named Sonone which lived besides the theater in a small bungalow called Jai Palace.The first hotel in Daund, called 'Maharashtra Khanaval', was established in 1930, followed in 1940 by the 'Jogalekar Upahar Gruh'.Daund is located at , about above sea level on the western margin of the Deccan plateau.