If the far-sighted plan of the Kapur clan had been approved in
the 1990s, Rex would have been not just Bangalore’s but India’s
first multiplex  You’ve heard the phrase ‘the magic of the
movies’, it’s nothing new. But a movie theatre, too, can bring
you a magical experience. I had one last week. Turned me into a
regular Alice falling down the rabbit-hole, it did. You’ll never
guess what happened, so I might as well tell you.  I was invited
to a seminar at Rex Cinema, the last surviving single-screen
hall in the Hollywood archipelago around M.G. Road. (Newcomers
to our city may not know that Blu Moon, Blu Diamond, Galaxy and
Plaza bit the dust; Lido and Symphony morphed into multiplexes;
BRV’s lease ran out; Liberty, Opera and Imperial were early
casualties; and they all used to specialise in English films.)
Down Brigade Road I hurried, turning sharply into the gate (I
was late), racing through the parking lot, up two steps to the
doorway where a grey-haired face from the past recognised me.
“You know where it