January 15, 2009

After Prasads, PVR Cinemas and Big Cinemas (Adlabs), Hyderabad is now having a 4th multiplex in the city. The people who reside in Jubilee Hils - Banjara Hills - Film Nagar areas have Cinemax strategically located near to them compared to other multiplexes.

What impressed me when I walked into the Cinemax was the 'red lounge' (a separate enclosure) for the patron who bought recliner seats. Cinemax introduces recliner seats in Hyderabad for the first time. The similar kind of recliner seats in PVR, Bangalore cost around 500 rupees where as it costs just 200 rupees in Hyderabad.

The disturbing feature about Cinemax, Hyderabad is the less leg room and quality of seats.

Screen	Seating Capacity	Ticket Price
Screen No. 1	481	Rs 100/- (Rs. 200/- for reclainer seats)
Screen No. 2	250	Rs 100/- (Rs. 200/- for reclainer seats)
Screen No. 3	270	Rs 100/- (Rs. 200/- for reclainer seats)
Note: only 3 screens are in operation now. Remaining 1 screen will be opened soon

Here is the comparison table of three multiplexes in various aspects.

S No	Parameter	Cinemax	Big Cinemas	PVR Cinemas	Prasads
1	Ticket Price	Rs 100/- ( Rs 200/- for recliner seats)	Rs 100/-	Rs 100/-	Rs 100/-
2	Sound system / Acoustics	Good	Excellent	Good	Excellent
3	Screen size	Good	Excellent	Good	Good
4	Projection	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
5	Leg room	Less	More	More	Less
6	Color theme	Red	Red & blue (red seats and blue walls)	Red	Blue
7	Parking Space	Cramped	Cramped	Cramped	Good
8	Parking Fee	nil	Rs 25/-	nil	Rs 10/-
9	Shopping connection	There is no shopping connection here. There are food courts and restaurants/lounges in 1st and ground floor	People primarily come to shop at this place and then conveniently watch films	People primarily come to shop at this place and then conveniently watch films	People come here to watch films and tend to shop in the gap.
10	Box Office	Less space for Queue.	Less space for Queue.	Less space for Queue.	More space for Queue.
11	Reservation display at box office	More sophisticated data presentation with Plasma TV monitor	More sophisticated data presentation with Plasma TV monitor	More sophisticated data presentation with Plasma TV monitor	Minimal data with regular computer monitors
12	Snack Delivery	Delivered to your seat in theater (for recliner seats)	Delivered to your seat in theater	Delivered to your seat in theater	No delivery
13	Smoking	No smoking allowed and cigarette packets (along with match boxes) would be confiscated at the entrance.	No smoking allowed and cigarette packets (along with match boxes) would be confiscated at the entrance.	No smoking allowed and cigarette packets (along with match boxes) would be confiscated at the entrance.	No smoking allowed and cigarette packets (along with match boxes) would be confiscated at the entrance.
14	Entrance route	Lifts (more time)	Lifts (more time)	Lifts (more time)	Lifts and Escalator (less time)
15	Exit route	It is only two floors. Takes less time to come down	You have the option of walking down through exit way or through the inside of Big Bazaar or Ohris.	You have to walk to down 4 floors	You have the option of walking down through exit way or through the inside of Prasads.
16	No of screens	3	3 (one more to be opened)	4	5 small screens and one IMAX screen
17	Online booking	cinemax.co.in	bigcinemas.com	pvrcinemas.com	bookmyshow.com

Note: There could be many more parameters to be considered while comparing two theaters. If you have any suggestions, please mail us

Disclaimer: The above mentioned opinions are based on the feedback gathered by a group of individuals visited these theaters with the sole purpose of reviewing. Hence the subjective opinions might not be universal.

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