IIT Madras Open Air Theatre

I heard about Open Air Theatre of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) , Madras . Would you please tell me what are the facilities provided in this Open Air Theatre and what number of seats available in it ? Please provide me its some images .

I want to get the details of Open Air Theatre of Indian Institute of Technology IIT Madras so can you provide me?

[pawan]

Film Club at IIT Madras was started in November of the year 1961.

Movies are projected onto a screen (white washed wall) about 50 feet wide and 24 feet tall from a projector room at a distance of 180 feet from the screen in Open Air Theater (OAT).

Surround sound system with DTS is used for audio.

Movies are shown in digital format using 2K Digital Projection Facility (D-Cinema - 17000 lumens)

Regular movies are screened in OAT every Saturday at 8:00PM (regular schedule) with an interval of 8-10 mins about half way into the movie.

A tentative schedule of movies is announced to the campus community by an email in the beginning of the month.

Based on the availability, movie for a particular Saturday is confirmed on Thursday/ Friday of that week.

In a year, about 50 regular movies are screened by the Film Club (half of them in English and remaining half in Hindi, Tamil and other regional languages) and another 6-10 movies are screened by various associations/ organizations on campus(typically on Fridays).

Location of Film Club Office : In OAT, behind the large white screen, on first floor.

Office hours: 4:30-7:30PM every Saturday.

Phone numbers: 044 2257 9427 (off), 044 2257 5008 (secretary: Mr. Karuppiah), 044 2257 4014 (President: Dr. Murthy H. S. N.).

Contact

IIT Madras
Sardar Patel Road, Opposite to C, L.R.I, Adyar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600036
044 2257 8101