Ladakh gets the world’s highest altitude movie theatre, Akshay Kumar’s Bell Bottom screened at the launch

Team Udayavani, Aug 30, 2021, 5:47 PM IST

Ladakh just got its first mobile digital movie theatre at an altitude of 11,562 feet. This makes it the highest theatre in the world.

The theatre is situated at an altitude of 11,562 feet was introduced in the Paldan area of Leh in Ladakh in an attempt to bring cinema watching experience to most remote areas.

PictureTime Digiplex installed the inflatable theatre that is also fully waterproof. The theatres are arranged in a way that they can operate at even -28 degrees Celsius.

Ladakh Buddhist Association president Thupstan Chewang was the chief guest and actor Pankaj Tripathi was the guest of honour.

Ladakh | To bring cinema watching experience to most remote areas, a mobile theatre, situated at an altitude of 11,562 ft, was introduced in Leh.

"It offers affordable tickets & has several facilities. Seating arrangement is also good,"says Mepham Otsal, National School of Drama pic.twitter.com/euBJeVjxNA

— ANI (@ANI) August 28, 2021

Akshay Kumar’s recently released ‘BellBottom’ was among the first films to be screened at this theatre. The actor took to Twitter and shared a picture of the little yellow mobile theatre, set up in the land of high passes.

Makes my heart swell with pride that BellBottom was screened at World’s highest mobile theatre at Leh in Ladakh. At an altitude of 11562 ft, the theatre can operate at -28 degrees C. What an amazing feat! pic.twitter.com/5ozbpkTCIb

— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) August 29, 2021

He wrote, “Makes my heart swell with pride that BellBottom was screened at World’s highest mobile theatre at Leh in Ladakh. At an altitude of 11562 ft, the theatre can operate at -28 degrees C. What an amazing feat!”

During the event, actor Pankaj Tripathi praised the initiative. “For someone like me who belongs to the film world, this comes across as such a unique and different means of film exhibition. Having a concept like this, that too in a gorgeous location such as Leh, is incredible” he told Livemint.