Nanda for your ananda was the slide that was shown before every show in Nanda Theatre ever since its existence in the late sixties. This is the latest in the list of cinema halls that has drawn curtains for its show business.
Movie theatres in the extension areas were rare and this along with Shanthi theatre used to be the place of entertainment for movie buffs. These two theatres were in competition to show latest movies in all languages. If one screened a popular Hindi movie the other one would attract cinema goers with Kannada movies. There was a mixture of Telugu or Tamil movies too. With a healthy competition these two theatres attracted people of all ages as cinema was the only form of entertainment during weekends during those decades.
Now, Shanthi and the Swagath which were in the vicinity of Jayanagar has gone to the recycle bin of the people's mind with both giving way to swanky commercial complexes. The story of Puttanna theatre which was another cozy place for cini goers here has gone into ICU long ago without any hopes of resurrection.

Theatres of Majestic
The majestic area beginning from Mysore Bank circle to KSRTC Bus stand could be called a Boulevard of theatres in the past. Beginning with States and Prabhat one of the oldest in the area saw the posh ones like Sagar, Alankar, Menaka, Santosh Theatre complex which houses two other theatre Nartaki and a mini theatre by name Sapna.
Added to this are Aparna and Triveni theatres along with Tribhuvan Kapali and Kailash another mini theatre. The existence of Majestic theatre has made the area being called Majestic circle. Ever since their existence, these theatres used to entertain people and was the main source of entertainment not only for the people of Bangalore but also to thousands of people coming to Bangalore everyday.
In this avenue of theatres one used to see many films celebrating their bundled days, silver jubilees Dr Rajkumars films were the mainstay for Kannada films at that time and his Bangarada Manushya ran for a record number of days and made history. During 70s and 80s Hindi films were dominant in these the theatres.  Apart from the movies of Dilip Kumar, Rajkapoor and Shammi Kapoor other stars like Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh and others in their heydays have seen grand success in these theatres with many of them running for more than 25 weeks. The theatres like Kempegowda and Himalaya used screen old English films as morning shows.
Despite these Theatres providing many technical facilities like 70mm screen and Dolby sound system with the change of time there is a decline in their numbers.
In Kempegowda road itself one can see the demolition of scores of theatres which are being replaced by commercial complexes. The same is the story in the Cantonment area also where old theatres like Plaza, Movieland, Bluemoon, Blue Diamond have shut their business long back.
Though in the suburban areas many theatres are still functioning the name of Minerva and Bharath needs a mention. The Minerva used to be generally screening new Telugu films whereas the Bharath theatre had the unique distinction of screening only Kannada films for many years. Now both these  theatres have long changed their attire to commercial complexes with only their names are still in existence among people.
Except in the last decade or so, these theatres were the only source of entertainment for the people and that too not very much taxing to their purses. As the people's interest are diverted over the period to VCDs, DVDs, computer and internet perhaps they were drifted away from sitting in cinema halls for a while. This may be one of the reason for closing down of many theatres apart from economic advantage from a commercial complex rather than maintaining a theatre. But, if one sees the crowds before any theatre which is showing popular movies indicates that going to cinema is still a major form of entertainment for the masses. Multiplexes which are slowly becoming alternative to the old version of theatres.