thiruvananthpuram the meeting of cultural and social leaders of the capital convened by the state government to evolve a consensus on the renovation of the tagore theatre here evoked a mixed response while most of those wanted to keep the film theatre complex away from the tagore complex some wanted the integration of a film theatre complex along with the tagore centenary hall the meeting was convened after the development of the complex entered into a deadlock the film fraternity and the chalachithra academy had put forward a new model with an integrated film theatre complex along with the tagore theatre but the public relations department the custodians of the hall did not budge and went ahead with the model without the film theatre complex the voices were unanimous for a drama theatre along with the complex and remodelling the structure the balcony of the theatre should be demolished and a minitheatre for drama should be built in the space four or five film theatres should also come along with the complex as cinema is an integral part of our culture film director adoor gopalakrishnan said the theatre should stand along rabindranath tagore both in its form and function poet o n v kurup said the present structure makes a mockery of tagore the theatre should be integrated with keralas art and culture a theatre for drama and rehearsal centre should also be made he added he also said that other than constructing a centre which woul evoke tagores memories every year tagore festival should also be conducted sculptor kanayi kunhiraman thought otherwise for films a separate complex should be built near the chitranjali studio we should not mix up tagore theatre and film theatres he said writer george onakkoor said that a statue of rabindranath tagore should be erected at a visible location in the complex the state government had invited 19 personalities including filmmaker adoor gopalakrishnan percussionist mattannur sankaran kutty actor madhu sculptor kanayi kunhiraman and writer kavalam narayana panicker to express their views for the renovation of the theatre complex in thiruvananthapuram the balcony of the theatre should be demolished and a minitheatre for drama should be built in the space four or five filmtheatres should also come along with the complex adoor gopalakrishnan director the theatre should stand along rabindranath tagore both in its form and function says renowned malayalam poet onv kurup