The last screened film was Dangal at Lightbox, the preview theatre. The theatre which is run by Excel production partners Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani. “From January 1, the place remains non-functional. The staff has been paid well in advance and asked to look for alternate jobs. What the bosses plan to do with the place, we don’t know. Nobody knows if it has been temporarily shut,” as per a source from the theatre said.

Says a source close to the actor, “Ritesh had been nagging Farhan to shut down the place since last year. After some of their films didn’t work at the box office, their year end monetary review showed it was no longer feasible for them to run the theatre. Since the place holds sentimental value for several industry people, they have volunteered to get the place up and running again, but Farhan and Ritesh are yet to take the final call.”

"SRK was planning to host the first screening of Raees (an Excel production) at Lightbox,” stated by the source. Farhan and Ritesh are unavailable to comment on the fact.

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