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 | |
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Location in Kolkata | |
General information | |
Status | Closed |
Type | Cinema hall |
Location | in Dharmatala, Esplanade, Central Kolkata |
Address | 136, SN Banerjee Road, Esplanade, Dharmatala, Kolkata, West Bengal 700013 |
Town or city | Kolkata |
Country | India |
Coordinates | 22.5629291°N 88.3538589°E |
Inaugurated | 1940 |
References
- "78-year-old iconic Elite Cinema of Kolkata closed forever". www.business-standard.com/. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- "The dying pulse of single screen theatres in Kolkata". timesofindia.indiatimes.com/. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- "End of the show: 78 years on, it's curtains for Elite". timesofindia.indiatimes.com/. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
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