1997 Uphaar fire tragedy

Families of the 59 people who died in the Uphaar fire tragedy meet annually to remember their loved ones. (Express Photo/Abhinav Saha)

Uphaar cinema tragedy: 28 years on, families remember the 59 who died in blaze

June 14, 2025 4:20 am

This year marks the 28th anniversary of the Uphaar Cinema fire that broke out on June 13, 1997, claiming 59 lives due to asphyxiation and leaving hundreds injured in the ensuing stampede

Uphaar fire tragedy: 27 years on, victims’ kin say strict action needed against violators

June 14, 2024 3:11 am

Twenty-seven years ago, on June 13, 1997, 59 people, including 23 children, died when a fire broke out at Uphaar Cinema in Green Park. Krishnamoorthy’s two children were among the victims.

Govts don’t learn lessons... nothing has changed: Neelam Krishnamoorthy, face of justice for Uphaar tragedy

May 28, 2024 10:39 am

Questioning the Delhi government, she said, “The Delhi government was rewarded for its failure (in the Uphaar judgment).

26 years after deadly Uphaar blaze, court orders desealing of building

August 03, 2023 9:54 am

After a fire broke out, engulfing the building, on June 13, 1997, an FIR was lodged at the Hauz Khas Police station and the investigation was subsequently transferred to the CBI.

Uphaar evidence tampering case: L-G nod for filing review petition

January 23, 2023 7:30 am

Police said they have filed an affidavit after the L-G’s order and will ask the court to enhance the punishment awarded to the Ansals in the case.

Trial by Fire on Netflix: What was the Uphaar Cinema tragedy?

January 14, 2023 4:31 pm

As Trial by Fire, a show based on the Uphaar Cinema tragedy of 1997, is released on Netflix, a look at the calamitous event and the subsequent legal case.

Trial By Fire review: This poignant series on Uphaar tragedy needed to be made

January 17, 2023 7:03 pm

Trial By Fire review: The best part of the series is the steadiness it manages to instil even in the most sorrowful faces. No loud chest-beating hysteria, no sensationalising.

‘Serving a living death sentence’: Ahead of series, couple recall 26-year battle after Uphaar fire

January 10, 2023 7:08 am

For Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy, parents of 17-year-old Unnati and 13-year-old Ujjwal, who died in Delhi’s Uphaar Cinema fire in June 1997, the road to justice has been long and arduous.

Trial by Fire: Series on 1997 Uphaar Cinema fire to arrive on Netflix in January

December 14, 2022 1:13 pm

Trial by Fire series stars Rajshri Deshpande, Abhay Deol, Rajesh Tailang, Ashish Vidyarthi, Anupam Kher, Ratna Pathak, Shilpa Shukla and Shardul Bharadwaj.