Prasads Multiplex - Screen 6 (PCX) Prasads PCX
Hyderabad · IndiaSingle source
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this Prasads PCX room C, 48/100 — a modest premium screen, 402 m² of lit picture, with 33% of the screen never lit. The projector rests on a dated source, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 September 2026.
THE headline non-IMAX screen in the world. 101.6ft x 64ft (31.0m x 19.5m, ~604 sq m) Strong/MDI screen, 630 seats. Opened 25 Jul 2003 as India's third IMAX (3D IMAX 70mm), left the IMAX network and reopened under Prasads' own PCX brand in 2014. Dual Barco DP4K-60L 4K laser 3D projection, Dolby Atmos with 53 speakers. Coordinates published on Wikipedia (17 deg 24' 46"N 78 deg 27' 57"E). Address: IMAX Road, NTR Marg, near NTR Gardens, Khairtabad. The widely circulated '29m x 22m' figure is NOT supported by Wikipedia or The Hindu.
Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- 4K Laser(as of 2021)
- Screen
- 31 m × 19.5 m (605 m²)
- Picture area
- 402 m² — 33% of the screen is never lit
- Screen shape
- 1.59:1 — the fabric itself
- Picture shown
- 2.39:1
- 15/70mm film
- No
- Sound
- Not published
- Seats
- 630
- Screen type
- Not a dome — curvature not recorded
- Opened
- 2003
- Operator
- Prasads Multiplex
The projector here comes from a 2021 industry listing that we haven't been able to re-confirm. IMAX has converted a lot of screens to laser since — where we could check, 100 venues listed as xenon had been upgraded. Treat the score as indicative.
Why IQ 48
⌷ Size is scored on the picture, not the fabric. This screen is taller than its projector's frame, so a chunk of it is never lit and doesn't count.
How big, really?
Drawn to scale · figure = 1.7 m
- 1Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX · 38.8×21 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
- 2Prasads Multiplex - Screen 6 (PCX) · 31×19.5 m · picture 402 m², 33% never lit
- 3BFI IMAX · 26×20 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
8 double-decker buss fit on this screen (2 across × 4 up · 605 m² total)
What you actually see
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- Screen
- 605 m²
- Picture
- 506 m²
- Screen used
- 84%
3.2 m of this screen — 16% of it — stays dark for a IMAX 1.90 showing. The projector here can't produce the full 1.43 frame, so the top and bottom of the screen are never used at all.
Worth travelling for?
Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach
Nothing materially better within 75 mi — this is your best option locally.
•Where to next
Every premium screen in Hyderabad · All of India
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Where this comes from
Single sourceWe treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.
- Screen dimensions
- single source
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- Projector
- single source
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- Operating status
- verified open
The projector here rests on a single source. It is the weakest field we hold across the network.
Showtimes
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