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A number of people stand in queue for movie tickets at PVR counter in Delhi. Trendy cinema halls like PVR continue to draw youngsters and their films run to packed houses, even in the late night shows because these multiplexes are state-of-the-art cinema halls. A young man pays for his movie ticket at the box office booth of PVR Cinemas in New Delhi. PVR Cinemas is a cinema chain in India. The company, which began as a joint venture agreement between Priya Exhibitors Private Limited and Village Roadshow Limited in 1995 with 60:40 ratio, began its commercial operations in June 1997. The company has its origin as Priya Love Vikas Cinema in Vasant Vihar in South Delhi, which was bought by current owner Ajay Bijli's father in 1978, who also owned a trucking business, Amritsar Transport Co. In