Pune

Entertainment

Pune Night Out
Even with all the new forms of entertainment, the movie going tradition is still going strong. Apart from the Bollywood and Hollywood blockbusters, popcorn, chocolates, wafers from Budhani's, M.G.Road, hot samosas, intervals, cola and a good companion still seem to lure people in numbers to the movie halls.

Theatre
Pune is the cultural capital of Marathi people. The city has given birth to or attracted body of organization for the Marathi literati, also has its headquarters in Pune. Marathi Theatre (Drama) is an integral part of Marathi culture. Both - Experimental and Professional theatre - receive whole-hearted patronage from Marathi community. Tilak Smarak Mandir, Bala Gandharva rangmandir, Bharat Natya Mandir, Yashwantrao Chavan Natyagriha and Su-darshan Rangmanch continue to serve these art forms.
One of the main theatre activity centers is the Su-darshan Rangamanch run by Maharashtra Cultural Center, a leading public charitable trust active in cultural activities. The trust has its own mini theatre as well as an art gallery where many amateur theatre groups perform their plays, music and dance programmes.

Transport system
Pune has excellent external road, rail and air connectivity to almost all important cities in India. It is extremely well connected to most of the important cities in India like Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Chennai. With the construction of the six-lane Mumbai-Pune Expressway, a far cry from the contraflow motorways of other state roads, this city is now about a three-hour drive from Mumbai by road.

Maharashtra state transport buses are most commonly used by people to travel to rural parts of India. They are the cheapest means of transport. State owned and private air-conditioned bus services run daily buses to most important cities to and from Pune. The bus frequency is extremely good.

Pune is very well connected by rail to all the major cities in India. The city has two main railway stations, Pune Junction and Shivajinagar Station; most trains halt at Pune Junction. Pune suburban trains also run from Pune Junction to industrial towns of Khadki, Pimpri, Chinchwad etc.

Pune now has an international-deemed airport, with flights to Singapore and Dubai. Pune could see flights to New York, London and Shanghai (via Mumbai) in the next few years. Domestic flights are available to most metropolitan cities in India.

Locally, the Pune Municipal Transport (PMT) is Pune's public transport service, Pune Municipal undertaking. PMT is an important mode of transport. In addition, Auto Rickshaw is also widely used in Pune for commute due to its quick ride. However, this option works out to be rather expensive nowadays because the distances are getting longer and the fares are constantly going up.

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