Why should Chanakya be saved?
The design of Chanakya cinema was selected after a national competition and was built by a team of architect headed by eminent architect P.N. Mathur who passed away recently. Constructed purely in RCC the theater has a fine structural form and is an architectural example of the post Corbusier Modernist period. With its longest spanning RCC roof, it was one of its kinds in Asia. The structural design has been a monument in itself for students of architecture. It was picked up along with other significant architectural buildings of contemporary India as a part of exhibition in festival of India France held on 27th November 1985. It is truly a part of architechtural history of modern India. It was a part of Delhiites life and growing up till the advent of modern multiplexes and shopping malls. There are many other ways for the NDMC to make revenue without demolishing the structure. What can be done? A group of architects, conservationists, young men & women have come together to fight for
