After acquiring six single screens in UP, the actor to buy a 100 more across the country.
Riding high on the success of his Diwali release, the Rohit Shetty directed Golmaal Again, which is the year’s first Hindi film to hit the Rs 200-crore mark, Ajay Devgn is gearing up for another kind of a big debut soon. Mirror has learnt that the actor-filmmaker, who is currently busy shooting Raj Kumar Gupta’s Raid in Lucknow, has been working simultaneously towards establishing a chain of multiplexes.
While Ajay’s spokesperson confirmed the news, we hear that the actor took his first step in the direction by acquiring six single screen theaters in Uttar Pradesh recently, which he plans to transform into modern multiplexes. According to a source close to the development, the actor is on the lookout for regions that have a sizeable audience for Bollywood films but lack multiplexes, and is hoping to attract more footfalls than ever at the movies.
He also has a name ready for the chain. “Ajay will be running these theatres as NY Cinemas, the initials of his children, Nysa and Yug Devgn. One of the theatres he has taken over is Om Palace Cinema in UP’s Hapur. He has also acquired five other cinemas in Raebareli, Ghaziabad, Agra, Phul Khiriya and Allahabad, and plans to take over 100 more screens across India in the coming year. His team is already working on the idea,” the source informs. Interestingly, Ajay’s VFX company is also named after the kids.
Before his multiplex dreams turn into reality, Ajay is shooting for the Bhushan Kumar and Kumar Mangat Pathak production Raid opposite Ileana D’Cruz and will be taking a break around Christmas and New Year’s Eve to spend some time with daughter Nysa, who will be home for the holidays from Singapore.
In 2018, the 48-year-old actor is set to begin work on the Taanaji Malsure biopic, which will be directed by Om Raut, and Indra Kumar’s Total Dhamaal, which also features Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit.
Another film on Ajay’s list is Luv Ranjan’s untitled production.

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