Dolby Cinema to superplexes, Hyderabad multiplexes are on an expansion mode

Hyderabad is each acceptable to get its archetypal Dolby Cinema acquisition with the motorboat of Allu Cinemas astatine Kokapet. The multiplex has been a taxable of speech among cinephiles connected societal media since its brushed motorboat earlier this week, successful the beingness of salient Telugu movie personalities. The multiplex, which is expected to officially motorboat soon, is different measurement guardant successful the increasing theatre ecosystem successful the city.

In 2025, Asian Cinemas expanded its portfolio with the motorboat of ART Cinemas successful Vanasthalipuram, successful concern with histrion Ravi Teja. This follows their earlier ventures — AMB Cinemas successful relation with histrion Mahesh Babu astatine Sarath City Mall and AAA Cinemas successful collaboration with histrion Allu Arjun astatine Ameerpet. In mid 2026, the radical plans to unfastened AMB Classic, a caller multiplex astatine RTC X Roads.

In December 2025, PVR Inox radical revamped its six-screen multiplex astatine Inorbit Mall into a 11-screen Superplex. This includes a Premium Extra Large format 55-feet wide screen, PVR’s archetypal successful Telangana, and 3 Luxe screens equipped with recliners, and an in-house chef-led menu. The spot volition besides person the 3rd 4DX surface successful the city, with question seats and effects specified arsenic wind, fog, scent, water, and snowfall that adhd to the viewing experience.

The radical is eyeing further expansions successful the city. Meanwhile, a fewer azygous screens person besides upgraded their facilities. A lawsuit successful constituent is Mythri Theatres’ Vimal 70mm astatine Balanagar.

Pramod Arora, CEO Growth and Investment, PVR INOX Limited, confirms that the radical is successful the midst of expansion. “Several caller properties are nether development: HSR Arc, Odeon Mall astatine RTC X Roads, Lake Shore Mall astatine Kukatpally Y Junction that includes a Playhouse and PXL format screen, HSR Mall astatine LB Nagar, and League Mall astatine Bandlaguda are acceptable to unfastened soon. We are exploring different areas successful the metropolis that are underserved from a multiplex perspective.”

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation comprises an country of 2,053 quadrate kilometres and an estimated colonisation of implicit 1.3 crore. In caller years, the metropolis has witnessed an enlargement peculiarly successful the West Zone, fuelled by multinational IT companies and a corresponding roar successful lodging projects.

Producer Suniel Narang of Asian Cinemas observes the accrued scope for caller multiplexes successful areas beyond Hitec City and Gachibowli, extending to Nallagandla and Kokapet. “With caller lodging projects, the pick of Hyderabad is settling down successful these pockets.”

Asian Cinemas has besides been tapping into different pockets of the metropolis done its cineplexes and multiplexes. The radical has 54 screens successful GHMC, which includes 40 multiplex screens successful 8 properties, and the remaining are azygous screens.

Assessing the reception to ART, AAA and AMB Cinemas, Narang states that what began arsenic emotion for the stars backing these projects yet translated into repetition visits to the movie halls acknowledgment to the technically superior movie-watching acquisition and competitory nutrient and beverage prices: “Technical aspects are upgraded from clip to clip to connection the champion audio ocular quality. All our nutrient is prepared in-house, without 3rd enactment involvement, and this helps support the pricing competitive. The breads, buns and pizza bases utilized for sandwiches, burgers and pizzas are made in-house.”

Talking astir venturing into RTC X Roads, a portion dominated by azygous screens wherever the euphoria decides the destiny of caller releases, helium says, “Traditional azygous screens are progressively giving mode to multiplexes and we felt that this determination besides requires a multiplex.”

When asked astir the surge successful caller theatres astatine a clip erstwhile filmmakers are struggling to gully assemblage distant from integer platforms and from short-form contented connected mobile phones, Narang draws from his long-standing acquisition arsenic a shaper and says, “Watching a movie astatine location mightiness beryllium convenient, but it cannot regenerate the joyousness of communal viewing successful cinema halls. Even earlier, determination were doubts if theatres would past tv and the integer wave. Theatres lone emerged stronger. It is wide that radical privation prime films and arsenic producers, it is our work to connection that. As theatre owners, it is important to connection them a holistic acquisition with bully amenities.”

Multiplexes successful the metropolis terms their tickets arsenic per the diktats of the State government, ranging from ₹200 to ₹300, with the rates going up erstwhile big-budget releases unafraid authorities support to escalate summons rates for the opening week.

Pramod Arora observes that Hyderabad is not conscionable a large container bureau territory, “it is simply a metropolis that embraces innovation, scale, and the magic of the large screen.” As the metropolis grows, moviegoers successful antithetic pockets privation cinematic experiences that are bigger and bolder.