Missisauga, Ontario based Imax opened a new theater in Bangalore, India yesterday with some high-profile help from Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and its own high hopes for success in the Indian market.
Harper gave a ringing endorsement of the company’s large-screen experience, which immerses filmgoers in the action. “If there is a Bollywood wedding filmed in Imax, you’re going to feel like you are right there in the middle of the dancers. You’re going to love it,” Harper told a crowd of guests gathered for the official opening.
While the James Bond thriller Skyfall was showing when Harper visited, Imax has contracted to do its first Bollywood production, Dhoom:3. Imax now has four screens in India and plans to open 13 more by the end of 2013. Tthe company thinks the Indian market, with its population of 1.2 billion, could support 70 Imax theatres in all, said Preetham Daniel, Imax’s director of sales for India and Southeast Asia.
Last updated: December 26th, 2025
