Elite Cinema Hall, Calcutta

The Elite was a single-screen theater, situated in S.N. Banerjee Road, Kolkata. It had started operation on August 2, 1940. It was once owned by 20th Century Fox and photographic studio Bourne & Shepherd and had its share of silver screen legends like Raj Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan to name a few.[1][2] The 78-year old auditorium in central Kolkata ended its journey on 1 June, 2018.[3]

Elite
Elite Cinema Kolkata
Elite Cinema Kolkata
Elite Cinema Hall, Calcutta is located in Kolkata
Elite Cinema Hall, Calcutta
Location in Kolkata
General information
StatusClosed
TypeCinema hall
Locationin Dharmatala, Esplanade, Central Kolkata
Address136, SN Banerjee Road, Esplanade, Dharmatala, Kolkata, West Bengal 700013
Town or cityKolkata
Country India
Coordinates22.5629291°N 88.3538589°E / 22.5629291; 88.3538589
Inaugurated1940

References

  1. "78-year-old iconic Elite Cinema of Kolkata closed forever". www.business-standard.com/. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  2. "The dying pulse of single screen theatres in Kolkata". timesofindia.indiatimes.com/. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  3. "End of the show: 78 years on, it's curtains for Elite". timesofindia.indiatimes.com/. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
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