145;Science City to go digital soon146;

According to the director, when large format projector ASTROVISION 70 was acquired by the centre in 1997 8212; celluloid movies were in vogue 8212; both 35mm films for conventional theatre and 70mm films for large format screens.

8220;Movie-makers, however, stopped making the large format films, as the cost of the projector was nearly Rs 14 crore and the digital projectors were available at only Rs 4 crore in international market,8221; says Rautela.

Science City authorities have other plans as well. 8220;For the last 11 years we have been screening only one movie a year. But from now onwards, we will screen two movies a year in collaboration with Lucknow Science Centre,8221; says Rupak Das, an official.

To start with, on Sunday, Science City screened EVEREST 8212; a film that documents a triumph over the world8217;s highest peak by four climbers in a 1996 expedition.