Kingdom of Dreams is an entertainment complex located in the Indian city of Gurgaon. Owned by the Great Indian Nautanki Company (GINC), a joint venture between Apra Group and Wizcraft, and opened in 2010, the facility consisted of two auditoriums, the 864-seat Nautanki Mahal, the 350-seat Showshaa Theatre, and an indoor cultural "boulevard" featuring dining, crafts, and entertainment. The complex was closed in July 2022 by the Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HVSP), in a dispute over unpaid lease payments for the complex's property. History The complex was inaugurated on 29 January 2010, by Chief Minister of Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda, with appearances by Javed Akhtar, Ehsaan Noorani, and Loy Mendonsa. It is a project of The Great Indian Nautanki Company, a joint venture between events firm Wizcraft International Entertainment and real estate developer Apra Group. The companies described Kingdom of Dreams as being a complex "where ethnic Indian culture meets modern entertainment", and compared it to New York City's Broadway. The Culture Gully portion of the complex opened on 30 July 2010. On 28 August 2010, the official song of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, "Jiyo Utho Bado Jeeto", was presented during a promotional event at the complex. Kingdom of Dreams officially opened to the public on 18 September 2010. On 19 September 2010, actor Shah Rukh Khan was announced at the complex's "global ambassador". After its successful opening, GINC disclosed plans to potentially open a second, larger Kingdom of Dreams complex in Mumbai, and similar complexes internationally in China, Dubai, Singapore, South Africa, as well as the United States (with a particular focus on Las Vegas and a potential partnership with real estate developer Steve Wynn). In the mid-2010s, the complex began to face financial difficulties. In 2014, Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP, formerly Haryana Urban Development Authority) opened an investigation into Kingdom of Dreams' finances after a ₹39.2 million cheque for a lease payment bounced. GINC and HSVP engaged in a legal dispute over the non-payment. In 2016, actor Gaurav Gera—who played in its show Jhumroo—accused its owners of not having paid him dues for at least two and a half years, and launched a social media campaign to call out the show's producer Gagan Sharma. By then, its owners had owed ₹420 million in unpaid lease payments. In October 2018, HSVP appointed Grant Thorton as a consultant to seek a new operator for the facility. The complex was