page_title: List of cinemas in Kolkata
section_title: Single screen
hierarchical_section_title: List of cinemas in Kolkata / Notable cinemas / Single screen
caption_attribution_description: Metro Cinema Kolkata
context_page_description: Cinema has been one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the city of Kolkata, India and movie theatres since the 20th century. And movie theatres are major entertainment venues in the city.
context_section_description: Chaplin Cinema
  Chaplin Cinema is one of the oldest cinema halls in Kolkata, established in 1907. The cinema is located in Hogg Street.
  Globe
  Globe Cinema is a single screen cinema hall and heritage building located in Lindsay Street (opposite New Market entrance)
  Jyoti
  Jyoti Cinema is located in Lenin Sarani. In the 1970s this movie theatre created a sensation by screening 70mm films. In 2008 the theatre was closed.
  Lighthouse
  Lighthouse Cinema was a single screen cinema hall and heritage building located in Humayun Place in New Market, next to New Empire
  Metro
  Metro Cinemas is a uniplex cinema hall and a heritage building located in Jawahar Lal Nehru Road (Esplanade),
  New Empire
  New Empire Cinema is a single screen cinema hall located in Humayun Place in New Market, (opposite Shreeram Arcade).
  Paradise
  Paradise Cinema is a single screen cinema hall located in Bentinck Street (Esplanade)
  Priya
  Priya Cinema is a uniplex  cinema hall situated in Rashbehari Avenue, near Deshapriya Park
  Roxy
  Roxy is located in Esplanade, Kolkata. Once an Opera House it was converted into a movie theatre in the early 1940s. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose came to this theatre to watch Ashok Kumar-starrer Kismat.
  Star Theatre
  Star Theatre is a cinema and theatre hall initially located in Beadon Street, later moved to Bidhan Sarani. This theatre was built in 1883.
  Mitra
  Mitra was a cinema hall, located in Bidhan Sarani. Mitra began its journey as Chitra in 1931 and its inauguration was graced by Subhas Chandra Bose.
  Elite
  Elite was a cinema hall, located in S.N. Banerjee Road.
  In the last decade of the 20th century, a kilometre-long stretch of north Calcutta had as many as 9 single screen cinema halls; Uttara, Sree, Rupbani, Radha, Purnasree, Mitra, Minar, Darpana and Talkie Show House. Rupbani was inaugurated and christened by Rabindranath Tagore himself.
caption: Metro Cinema in Dharmatala
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