On
the
opening
day
of
the
upcoming
Tamil
film
Kabali,
Rajinikanth
will
be
seen
on
the
screen
of
a
Mumbai
cinema
hall
practically
round-the-clock,
with
six
shows
scheduled
on
the
inaugural
day
on
Friday
(July
22).
The
74-year-old,
700-seater
Aurora
Theatre
in
King's
Circle,
a
bastion
of
Tamilians
settled
in
Mumbai,
will
start
shows
right
from
3
in
the
morning
and
continue
at
6
AM,
10
AM,
3
PM,
6
PM,
and
finally
the
last
show
at
9
PM.
Click
on
the
slides
below
to
know
more
about
'Kabali'
celebrations
in
Mumbai
Blood
Donation
Drives
Rajinikanth
fan
clubs
from
all
over
Mumbai
will
organize
blood
donation
drives
at
cinema
halls
and
the
patrons
will
also
contribute
to
various
charities
on
the
opening
day.
Legacy
of
Aurora
Theatre
Aurora
Theatre,
which
was
inaugurated
in
1942,
was
one
of
the
few
good
cinema
halls
exhibiting
Hollywood
films
till
the
1980s.
The
theatre
is
one
of
the
oldest
in
the
whole
of
Mumbai.
The
Takeover
Nambi
Rajan
took
over
the
theatre
from
its
Parsi-German
couple
owners
-
Bejan
Bharucha
and
Gertrude
of
the
All
India
Pictures
Pvt
Ltd
cinema
chain
in
the
1980s.
The
Emergence
Of
Tamil
Cinema
Since
the
area
was
a
predominantly
Tamil
pocket
of
central
Mumbai,
Rajan
started
to
have
at
least
one
Tamil
film
show
daily
and
the
theatre
became
an
instant
hit
with
the
local
Tamil
community.
The
Dominance
Of
Kollywood
Earlier,
Aurora
Theatre
had
hosted
films
like
Rajinikanth's
Annamalai,
Sivaji
and
Kamal
Haasan's
Thevar
Magan.
The
theatre
continues
to
showcase
Tamil
films,
much
to
the
delight
of
Tamil
moviegoers
in
the
city.
Bright
Future
Ahead
Now,
after
Kabali,
Nambi
Rajan
and
his
Aurora
Theatre
members
are
keeping
their
fingers
crossed
for
the
next
Rajinikanth
release,
2.o
in
2017.
2.o
might
hit
the
screen
for
Diwali
2017.
"All
the
seats
for
all
the
shows
are
fully
booked,"
said
a
usually
clean-shaven
Nambi
Rajan
(theatre
owner),
who
has
now
sprouted
a
bushy
grey-white
beard
in
tandem
with
Rajinikanth's
get-up
in
Kabali.
The
film
production
team
has
already
launched
its
on-ground
promotions
from
Tuesday
(July
19)
in
an
open-top
bus
from
Aurora
Theatre
attracting
thousands
of
Rajinikanth
fans.
In
another
first
for
Mumbai
filmgoers,
two
gigantic
cut-outs
of
Rajinikanth
and
a
massive
poster
will
be
put
up
at
the
theatre
entrance.
Rajan
said
that
the
entire
theatre
has
been
decked
up
to
celebrate
Kabali,
including
a
fresh
coat
of
paint
inside
and
outside,
a
new
screen,
glittering
clean
ambience
and
shining
lights.
After
the
inaugural
day,
the
theatre
will
get
back
to
its
normal
four-shows-daily
regimen,
for
which
it
has
reported
heavy
advance
bookings.
The
opening
day
will
be
a
'Thalaivar
festival' with
a
huge
procession
of
Rajinikanth
fans
after
prayers
at
the
famous
Ram
Mandir,
a
traditional
band
of
huge
drums,
dancing
and
celebrations
marking
Kabali.
A
theatre
manager
said
a
well
known
ophthalmologist
S
Natarajan
of
Aditya
Jyot
Eye
Hospital
-
himself
a
die-hard
Rajini
fan
-
will
conduct
a
free
eye
camp
for
all.
Continue
reading
the
story
in
the
slides
above:
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