Prasads Multiplex
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| location = Khairtabad, IMAX Road, NTR Marg, Near NTR Gardens, Necklace Road, Hyderabad, India
| coordinates = {{coord|17.412842|78.465879|display=inline,title}}
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| opening_date = 25 July 2003
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| developer = Prasad Media Corporation Limited
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| website = [http://www.prasadz.com/ Prasads]
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Prasads Multiplex is an Indian multiplex theater in Hyderabad, Telangana.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/prasads-imax-screen-is-back-to-its-glory-with-biggest-screen-in-the-country/articleshow/95737712.cms|title=Prasad's IMAX Screen is back to its glory with biggest screen in the country|newspaper=The Times of India |date=November 24, 2022}}{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/prasads-multiplex-in-hyderabad-readied-with-a-modern-look/articleshow/84880517.cms|title=Prasads Multiplex in Hyderabad readied with a modern look|newspaper=The Times of India |date=July 30, 2021}} It is India's third IMAX theatre.{{Cite news|title= CNN Travel |url=http://travel.cnn.com/explorations/escape/worlds-10-coolest-movie-theaters-355218|publisher=CNN}}{{Cite news|title= King of Good times Prasad's Imax|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/article2332172.ece?|work=The Hindu |date=7 August 2011}}{{Cite book |last=Deprez |first=Camille |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=glGxDwAAQBAJ&dq=Prasads+imax&pg=PA120 |title=Bollywood: Cinéma et mondialisation |date=2019-09-19 |publisher=Presses Universitaires du Septentrion |isbn=978-2-7574-2147-5 |language=fr}} It was earlier the largest IMAX 3D screen in the world with the Sydney IMAX Theatre (123 x 97 ft) having the largest IMAX screen.{{Cite book |last=SENAPATI |first=UDAI |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C_VjEAAAQBAJ&dq=Prasads+imax&pg=PA55 |title=FILM MAKING |date=2022-03-13 |publisher=K.K. Publications |language=en}}{{what|date=June 2024|reason=This sentence is illegible}}
It is a part of the LV.Prasad Group that has been an integral part of the South Indian Film Industry for over 7 decades.
Description
The multiplex is a centrally air-conditioned venue with an area of {{cvt|235,000|sqft}}. It has six screens, a food court and a shopping mall covering two levels of the complex.{{cite web |title=GHMC - Prasad's IMAX |url=http://www.ghmc.gov.in/hyd/visitplacesnew.asp?status=13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121219012151/http://www.ghmc.gov.in/hyd/visitplacesnew.asp?status=13 |archive-date=19 December 2012 |access-date=23 November 2012 |publisher=Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation}}{{Cite book |last=Nakka |first=Sai Bhaskar Reddy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lnHLEAAAQBAJ&dq=Prasads+imax&pg=PA28 |title=Hussain Sagar |publisher=Sai Bhaskar Reddy Nakka |language=en}}
==History==
Prasads Multiplex was launched initially as Prasad IMAX on 25 July 2003 by LV Prasad Group.{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/movies/you-are-my-classroom-ss-rajamoulis-emotional-note-on-prasad-multiplexs-20-years-8448715.html|title='You Are My Classroom:' SS Rajamouli's Emotional Note On Prasad Multiplex's 20 Years|date=July 28, 2023|website=News18}}{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/imax-theatre-steaming-ahead/articleshow/17700542.cms|title=IMAX theatre steaming ahead|newspaper=The Times of India |date=August 2, 2002}}{{Cite web|url=https://m.rediff.com/money/2002/sep/07shop.htm|title=rediff.com: The southern shopping spree|website=m.rediff.com}} The IMAX screen number 6 was originally a 3D IMAX 70mm until 2014. Now called PCX, it is the biggest in India at {{cvt|64|x|101.6|ft}} in a 630-seat auditorium.{{Cite news| url= https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/hyderabads-prasads-multiplexs-large-screen-gears-up-for-avatar-the-way-of-water/article66262324.ece| title= The renovated large screen at Prasads multiplex, Hyderabad, gears up for James Cameron's 'Avatar: The Way of Water'|first=Sangeetha Devi|last=Dundoo|newspaper=The Hindu |date=December 14, 2022 }}
Gallery
File:prasads2.jpg|Multiplex floor
File:Prasads climbing wall.jpg|Indoor Climbing wall
File:Prasads IMAX gaming section.jpg|Game section
File:Prasada Imax, Hyderabad.jpg|Prasads Imax, Hyderabad
File:Prasads Multiplex.jpg|Night View of Prasads Multiplex from HMDA Grounds