May 19, 2009

After making it’s presence felt in Vijayawada, national multiplex chain Inox Leisure launched it’s first multiplex in Hyderabad on 9 May 2009. Located at a convenient place (beside Taj Krishna) at GVK One, INOX is the fifth multiplex in the city after Prasads, PVR, Big Cinemas and Cinemax. INOX is also houses the highest number of screens (6) among the multiplexes in Hyderabad.

Though INOX, Hyderabad is good, it’s very EXPENSIVE!

The positive points of INOX are ambiance and comfort levels.

Ambiance: The ambiance of INOX multiplex is completely different from what we have seen in other four multiplexes of Hyderabad. The interiors (yellow circles on the walls) in theaters are very good. The refuel (food counter) is good. The height of the floor is good.

Comfort level: Seats are comfortable. Rest rooms are good. You don’t feel cramped in this multiplex.

The negative points are smaller screens, high parking fees and high cost of food and beverages.

Small capacity screens: Since the screen is small, even if you get a corner seat in the fifth row from the top, you end up getting a skewed vision on the screen because seats are very nearer to the screen. All the screens are of 200 – 270 capacity. It is a disadvantage for the people who get corner seats.

Parking Fees: Parking fee is Rs. 20/ for two hours and you have to pay Rs 10/- for each extra hour you spend. Typically if we go for a Telugu cinema, we might end up paying Rs 40/- as parking fees. (I asked my driver to park in a lane beside GVK One to save the parking fee). If you take your family for shopping, eating out and watching movie in GVK One/INOX, you might end up paying more than Rs 50/- parking fee.

Expensive food and beverages: A 500 ml mineral water bottle costs Rs. 20/-. It is atrocious. You get 1 liter bottles for 25 rupees in PVR, Big Cinemas and Cinemax. Prasad Multiplex offers a 500 ml mineral bottle for only Rs. 10/- (half of what they charge in INOX). The prices of other food and beverages are also high.

INOX also offers recliner seats (each ticket costs Rs. 200/- for recliner seats)

Here is the comparison table of three multiplexes in various aspects.

S No	Parameter	INOX	Cinemax	Big Cinemas	PVR Cinemas	Prasads
1	Ticket Price	Rs 100/- ( Rs 200/- for recliner seats)	Rs 100/- ( Rs 200/- for recliner seats)	Rs 100/-	Rs 100/-	Rs 100/-
2	Sound system / Acoustics	Good	Good	Excellent	Good	Excellent
3	Screen size	Good	Good	Excellent	Good	Good
4	Projection	Good	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
5	Leg room	More	Less	More	More	Less
6	Color theme	Blue & Yellow	Red	Red & blue (red seats and blue walls)	Red	Blue
7	Parking Space	Good	Cramped	Cramped	Cramped	Good
8	Parking Fee	Rs 20/- (for 2 hours + Rs 10 extra for each hour after)	Rs. 20/-	Rs 25/- (will be reimbursed if you buy something in Big Bazaar)	nil	Rs 10/-
9	Shopping connection	shopping and movie watching can be clubbed together	There is no shopping connection here. There are food courts and restaurants/lounges in 1st and ground floor	People primarily come to shop at this place and then conveniently watch films	People primarily come to shop at this place and then conveniently watch films	People come here to watch films and tend to shop in the gap.
10	Box Office	Two locations for box office. More convenient	Less space for Queue.	Less space for Queue.	Less space for Queue.	More space for Queue.
11	Snack Delivery	Delivered to your seat in theater (for recliner seats)	Delivered to your seat in theater (for recliner seats)	Delivered to your seat in theater	Delivered to your seat in theater	No delivery
12	Smoking	No smoking allowed and cigarette packets (along with match boxes) would be confiscated at the entrance.	No smoking allowed and cigarette packets (along with match boxes) would be confiscated at the entrance.	No smoking allowed and cigarette packets (along with match boxes) would be confiscated at the entrance.	No smoking allowed and cigarette packets (along with match boxes) would be confiscated at the entrance.	No smoking allowed and cigarette packets (along with match boxes) would be confiscated at the entrance.
13	Entrance route	Two lifts need to be used to go to screens from the parking area	Lifts and Escalator (less time)	Lifts (more time)	Lifts (more time)	Lifts and Escalator (less time)
14	Exit route	You can come out through the escalators of GVK One	It is only two floors. Takes less time to come down	You have the option of walking down through exit way or through the inside of Big Bazaar or Ohris.	You have to walk to down 4 floors	You have the option of walking down through exit way or through the inside of Prasads.
15	No of screens	6	3	3 (one more to be opened)	4	5 small screens and one IMAX screen
16	Online booking	inoxmovies.com	cinemax.co.in	bigcinemas.com	pvrcinemas.com	bookmyshow.com
17	Location	GVK One Mall, Road Number 1, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad - 500034	Plot No. 12, RK Cinemax, Opp L V Prasad Eye Hospital, Road Number 2, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad - 500034	G S 24 Carat Building, MCH No. 8-3-949/1, Old Gold Spot Building, Big Bazaar Complex, Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500073	5th floor, Central Mall, Punjagutta, Hyderabad - 500082	Adjacent NTR Gardens, NTR Marg, Hyderabad - 500063
18	Phone Number	44767770	44565555 44565559	39894040 39828000	66621115 66621116 505787 (Airtel, Hutch, Idea)	23448888 23448806 (corporate booking) 39895050 (home telebooking)

Note: There could be many more parameters to be considered while comparing two theaters. If you have any suggestions, please mail us

Disclaimer: The above mentioned opinions are based on the feedback gathered by a group of individuals visited these theaters with the sole purpose of reviewing. Hence the subjective opinions might not be universal.

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