Images: Revisiting Uphaar Cinema

[caption id=“attachment_344031” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“A trial court sentenced Sushil Ansal, Gopal Ansal and former Delhi Fire Service staff HS Panwar to two years in jail for the fire. However, the Delhi High Court reduced their sentence to one year on December 19, 2009. The Ansals were released on bail within a month. Arlene Chang/Firstpost”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_344032” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“The only indication that the cinema hall’s main board was used to display banners of films, is the sign that says “Daily 4 Show”. Arlene Chang/Firstpost”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_344033” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“A board near Uphaar Cinema’s side entrance that used to announce the latest films playing in the theater now doesn’t display the next change in films, it displays a change of clothes of street urchins. Arlene Chang/Firstpost”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_344035” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“The side entrance of the cinema hall. When the tragedy occurred on June 13, 1997, the theater was screening the Hindi film “Border”. Arlene Chang/Firstpost”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_344036” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“The CBI moved the Supreme Court for increasing the convicts’ sentence to two years while the AVUT wants them jailed for 10 years under a tougher provision of law. Arlene Chang/Firstpost”] [/caption]

Images: Revisiting Uphaar Cinema

Prayers were held in the memory of 59 persons who died in the theatre 15 years ago. Here’s how the theatre looks nows.

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