CULTURE | SURAT DIARIES

Cinemas in Surat, have grown in huge numbers in the last 2 years. Surat, had always been celebrating the talkies culture, where it started of with small single screen talkies, which were then grown into theatres, with infrastructure aligned to suit the growing culture. In the last decade, the multiplex culture, has taken over the talkies and we see the same impact in Surat.

Currently many major multiplex chains like PVR, Inox, Cinemax, Cinepolis have come up around Dumas Road, Piplod area. Other areas are slowly adopting to the movie going craze in multiplexes. Also to keep up with the competition old theatres like Rupam cinemas are reshaping their infrastructure, facilities and screens.

PVR : RahulRaj Mall, Dumas Road

Inox : VR Mall, Dumas Road

Inox : Reliance Mall, Udhana Darwaza

Inox : DR World, Aiemata Road

Inox : Raj Imperial, Varachha

Cinemax : Iris Mall, Dumas Road, Surat

Cinepolis : Imperial Square Mall, Adajan, Surat

Valentine Multiplex (Dolby Atmos) : Dumas Road, Opp Iris Mall

City Plus Multiplex : Dumas Road

Popcorn – The Grand Bhagwati : Dumas Road

Black Jack Dolby Atmos : Ghod Dod Road, Near Rangila Park

Rajhans Multiplex : Adajan, Surat

Harmony Cinema Dolby Atmos : Bhatar Char Rasta

Ratan Cinema : Salabatpura, Surat

Rupam Cinema : Salabatpura, Surat

Rupali Cinema : Rander Road, Surat

Sapna Cinema : Amboli Karej, Surat

Time Cinema : Galaxy Circle Pal, Surat

Wonder Prime Cinema : Dindoli, Surat

KD Laxmi Multiplex : Kim, Surat

~~Maadhuram Multiplex : Dindoli, Surat~~

GALLERY

Narmad Dave was a poet, philosopher, writer, social reformer and one of the first of his kind in Surat and Gujarat. He is prominently called as Kavi Narmad, for his spectacular work of composition – Jai Jai Garvi Gujarat – a poem, later adapted as the state song of Gujarat.

Narmad was born in Surat and later moved to Bombay. When he came back to Surat in the mid 1800s, at around the same time he started working as a teacher, he composed many of his works. He built Saraswati Mandir in 1866.

Surat Municipal Corporation, took over the task of renovating this heritage site in 2015, as with other projects it has undertaken and shaped into a beautiful museum. Located in the centre of city, inside the residential colonies, this place is very quite and very appropriate for someone in search of inspiration for arts, literature, history or just peace.

IMAGE GALLERY

The museum is very simple, clean and serene place, with 2 floors. The ground floor houses Narmad’s bust with details of his birth and death date. It also contains various daily newspapers in English, Hindi and Gujarati. There is a sitting area for public to sit and rejoice the facility. Various weekly and monthly magazines are also available for reading. On the 2nd floor, there are books and novels, written by Narmad and historic sequencing of his life, some pictures and books.

Often a traveller goes around the world, to find about who he is, but sometimes, it is right within the city, where you can find rich history shaped and often visiting such places, you envision the journey of a time traveller and meet the people and culture of past, with new eyes. Narmad House is one such place. If you want to experience the beauty of this place, please try to spend some quite 30 minutes without wondering about another bucket list on your instagram profile, you will cherish the experience.

Timings : 8 am to 8 pm on regular days.
( On Mondays and public holidays – 8 am to 2 pm)

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