India, March 18 -- It's curtains for Novelty Chambers, a landmark that housed one of South Mumbai's much-loved single screens - Novelty Cinema. While the projectors here stopped rolling 19 years ago, the last occupants of Novelty Chambers have been told to vacate.

The now-defunct cinema hall at Grant Road is on the ground floor of the building, while the top nine storeys housed office premises. Only one of the premises is currently occupied.

A notice has been served by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Novelty Chambers, saying the building is dilapidated and dangerous for habitation, and must be vacated immediately. In its notice, served under Section 354 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888, the civic body states...