Shanthi Theater – Mount Road, Chennai

Shanthi Theatre is a prominent cinema theater located on the arterial Mount Road in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The theater was the first air-conditioned theater of Chennai and was inaugurated on January 12, 1961 by Shri K. Kamaraj, then Chief Minister of Madras State. A movie on Lord Venkateswara was screened during the inauguration. The theater is owned by the family of Nadigar Thilagam, late Sivaji ganesan and it is no surprise that a total of 83 films of the actor have been screened so far at the theater. A renovation of the theater was completed in 2005 and the renovated…