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Movie (Cinema) Halls in Calcutta (Kolkata) – Address, Phone, Showtime

Posted by DhumKetu in Calcutta/Kolkata, Cinema Halls Apr 29th, 2008 | 16 Comments
Movie (Cinema) Halls in Calcutta (Kolkata) – Address, Phone, Showtime

Paradise Cinema Hall, Calcutta
Picture: Paradise Cinema Hall in Calcutta

Calcutta (Kolkata) is truly a big hub of movie goers. Tollywood (Kolkata) has long lost it’s fame brought by Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Soumitra, Satyajit Roy and many many more during the “Black and White” period, yet there are numerous movie halls with increasing number everyday. Also, there are very few movie halls that release “Bengali films” only outnumbered by numerous halls full of Hindi Bollywood releases and some with Hollywood English films.

Bijali Cinema Hall, Calcutta

Picture: Bijali Cinema Hall – still releses lots of Bengali Films.

There are also movie halls that you are probably aware of but you never go. Some of such movie halls will always feature some B grade Hindi or some “adult” useless English films. We are not going to consider them in our small list of movie halls we are preparing.

Well, there are some movie halls which are just famous for it’s rich culture. Such is “Nandan” movie theatre at Rabindra Sadan. Only in downtown Calcutta (Kolkata) there are probably 14 halls withing walking distance – Metro, Globe, New Empire, Roxy, Jyoti, Paradise, and so on. You will always find different small scale food stalls right outside almost any movie halls (Except the new INOX series movie theaters). Most of the halls are in good shape and you will have great time watching movies. There are some loud occasions though when Shahrukh Khan makes a jumps from a building or Bipasa Basu poses for us. Well the noise are usually within the acceptable decibel limit (means we are pretty much used to it). Try to avoid corner seats if you are going with family or you may face some trivial problems we cannot discuss in this article.

A marked B grade Cinema Poster

Chat Masala Movie

Picture: Example of some Movies you really never want to go!

Opened in 1935, the Metro Cinema was run till 1972 by MGM to promote their films in Calcutta.

Picture: Metro Cinema Hall in Calcutta


Just to let you know how old the Calcutta Movie Industry is, we will use “Metro” cinema as an classic example. The “Metro” Cinema Hall opened in 1935 even before Indian independence. But, the movie hall was built over an older existing cinema hall (we could not track when the earlier structure was first made). Metro Cinema was a project of MGM to promote their films in Calcutta (Kolkata). The MGM continued to operate till 1972 and then it was sold to a local exhibitor. Thomas Lamb made the “deco” style design for the Metro cinema hall.

Well, that was enough for a start. Now lets see how many Calcutta Cinema Halls can we list! Please REPLY and ADD your nearest movie hall in your comment. I am sure I am missing many movie halls from Calcutta! Some of my favorite movie halls in Calcutta are Nandan, Globe, INOX (only been to INOX once though). Share your favorite movie halls with us too.

City Center, Calcutta
Picture: City Center in Calcutta

Ellite Cinema Hall, Calcutta
Picture: Ellite Cinema Hall in Calcutta

Mayur Cinema Hall, Calcutta
Picture: Mayur Cinema Hall in Calcutta


List of Movie/Cinema Halls with Phone Number in Calcutta/Kolkata (West Bengal, India)

  1. 89 Cinemas (Swabhumi) 89C Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Sarani,Calcutta – 700 054 Telephone No:23588900, 2321-5486/2334-3903
  2. Ajanta Tel: 24785341
  3. Ahindra Mancha (Alipur) 33/33A Chetla Central Road, Kolkata – 700027 Telephone No: 24797170
  4. Ajanta (Sahapur Behala): Junc. of D.H. Road & S.N. Banerjee Road, Kolkata – 700 034, Telephone No: 2478-5341
  5. Ananya Tel: 25777481/1082
  6. Aruna (Amherst St) 40/2, M.G. Road, Amusement Parks, Kolkata – 700 009 Telephone No 23509561
  7. Ashoka (Behala) 905/2 D H Road, Behala, Kolkata – 700034 Telephone No: 24683630, 24584079
  8. Basusree (Bhowanipur) 102, S.P. Mukherjee Road. Kolkata-700 025 Telephone No: 24554807/4808
  9. Bharati (Bhowanipur) 2, S.P. Mukherjee Road. Kolkata-700 025 Telephone No: 24555593
  10. Bijoli (Bhowanipur) 6/1 S.P. Mukherjee Road Kolkata – 700 025 Telephone No: 24555382
  11. Biswadeep Tel: 95353-2521963
  12. Chaplin (Dharmatala) Chowringhee Place Calcutta – 700 013 Telephone No: 22446563
  13. Chetana Tel: 25514918
  14. Chhabighar (Amherst St) 10A, M G Road Calcutta – 700 009 Telephone No: 23502740
  15. Chhaya Telephone No: 23501382
  16. Chitra Mandir Telephone No: 953472-252308
  17. Crown Telephone No: 22174822
  18. Darpana (Shyambazar) 84 Bidhan Sarani, Shyambazar, Kolkata – 700004 Telephone No: 25553140
  19. Elite 136, S N Banerjee Road, Kolkata – 700 013 Telephone No: 22441383
  20. Elora 15 Sourin Roy Road, Kolkata – 700034 Telephone No: 24683480
  21. Fame Hiland Park (Eastern Bypass, Nearest Peerless Hospital) Fame Hiland Park Metropolis Mall Chakgaria, Kolkata 700 094 Telephone No: 2436-7744/2436-7601
  22. Fame South City (South City Mall) 375, Prince Anwar Shah Road, South Kolkata, Telephone No: N/A
  23. Globe 7E, Lindsay Street Calcutta – 700 016 Telephone No: 22495636/5665
  24. Hind Telephone No: 22152473
  25. Indira (Bhowanipur) 2, Indra Roy Road, Kolkata – 700025 Telephone No:2475-1752
  26. Inox City Centre (Salt Lake City Centre) City Centre, DC Block I, Sector 1, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700 064 Telephone No: 23584499
  27. Inox Forum (Elgin Road) INOX Leisure Ltd., Forum, 10/3 Elgin Road, Kolkata. 700020 Telephone No: 23584499
  28. Jagat (Amherst St.) Telephone No 23505308
  29. Jaya (Lake Town) P-255, Lake Town, Kolkata- 700055 Telephone No 25343936
  30. Jogyama Telephone No: 26672127
  31. Jyoti (Dharmatala) 32/1, Lenin SaraniKolkata – 700 013 Telephone No: 22441132
  32. Khanna Telephone No: 25552932
  33. Liberty Telephone No: 25305716
  34. Lila Telephone No: 25482499
  35. Lipi Telephone No: 26684002
  36. Mahua (Naktala) 139 Naktala, Kolkata -700047 Telephone No: 24305291
  37. Malancha (Regent Park) 63 N. S. C. Bose Road, Tollygaunj, Kolkata – 700040 Telephone No: 24717712
  38. Meghdoot Telephone No: 95353-2430104
  39. Menoka ( Lansdowne) 5 Sarat Chatterjee Avenue Lansdowne, Kolkata – 700029 Telephone No: 24663080 / 2466-0417
  40. Metro (Dharmatala) 5 J L Nehru Road, Dharmatala, Kolkata – 700013 Telephone No: 22280141
  41. Milani Telephone No: 95353-2551748
  42. Minar (Shyambazar) 136/2, Bidhan Sarani, Kolkata – 700 004 Telephone No: 25556753
  43. Mini Jaya (Lake Town) P-255, Lake Town, Kolkata- 700055 Telephone No: 25348680
  44. Mitra (Shyambazar) 83 Bidhan Sarani, Shyambazar, Kolkata – 700004 Telephone No: 25555133
  45. Moonlight (B.B.D. Bag) 30 Tarachand Dutta St., B B D Bag, Kolkata – 700001 Telephone No: 22354956
  46. Mrinalini Telephone No: 25592458
  47. Naaz Telephone No: 22359735
  48. Nabeena Telephone No: 24220091
  49. Nandan ( Exide, Rabindra Sadan) 1/1, A.J.C Bose Road,Kolkata – 700 020 Telephone No: 22231210/0970
  50. Navina ( Tollygaunge) 19 Prince Anwar Shah Road, Tollygunge, Kolkata – 700033 Telephone No: 24220091
  51. New Empire ( New Market, Dharmatala) 20E, Nelly Sengupta Sarani, New Market, Humayun Place, Kolkata – 700087 Telephone No: 22491299
  52. New Cinema Telephone No: 95353-2533955
  53. New Royal Telephone No: 23504068
  54. Padma ( Sodpur, Near Kathgola) Sodpur, Kolkata – 700 110 Telephone No: N/A
  55. Paradise (Dharamtala) 39 Bentinck StreetKolkata – 700001 Telephone No: 2248-5442
  56. Payal Telephone No: 95353-2420756
  57. Prachi (Moulali) 124, A.J.C.Bose Road, Sealdah, Kolkata – 700 014 Telephone No: 22461282
  58. Priya (Deshopriyo Park) 95, Rash Behari Avenue, Calcutta – 700 029 Telephone No: 24641313
  59. Purabi (Amherst St.) 40/1 M.G Road, Amherst St., Kolkata – 700009 Telephone No: 23500680
  60. Purna Telephone No: 24555733
  61. Pushpasree ( Behala) 77 D.H. Road, Behala, Kolkata – 700034 Telephone No: 24476901
  62. Radha (Shyambazar) 140 Bidhan Sarani, Shyambazar, Kolkata – 700004 Telephone No: 25553045
  63. Ragini Telephone No: 23500264
  64. RDB Adlabs (Sector V) RDB Boulevard, 2nd Floor Plot–K1, Block AP & GP Sector V , Salt Lake, Kolkata. Telephone No: 3984-6101
  65. Roxy (Dharmatala) 4A, Chowringhee Place, Dharmatala, Kolkata – 700013 Telephone No: 22284138
  66. Sangeeta Telephone No: 953472-252644
  67. Sree Krishna Talkies Telephone No: 25812724
  68. Star Theatre (Hatibagan)
  69. Sushama Telephone No: 26321033
  70. Talkie Show House (Shyambazar) 13A, Shibdas Bhaduri St., Shyambazar, Kolkata – 700004 Telephone No: 25556270
  71. Ujjala Telephone No: 24554686
  72. Urbashi Telephone No: 95353-2422227
  73. Vishal Telephone No: 95353-2533234
  74. Vaishali Telephone No: 23298927

Showtime in Calcutta Movie Halls

Unfortunately only very of the cimema halls in Calcutta has their own website. We can only track websites for INOX, Priya, Fame Hiland Park, and 89cinemas (go to the link above, site links for halls should come up in BLUE). Well fortunately we have a great website from Calcutta now that is updated on daily basis with movie time information for almost all major movie halls in Calcutta (They actually list show time for many other cities too.). Show visit the link below to check show time, call the Movie Hall and make sure tickets are available and enjoy the movie. Well, before you go for an movie, check out “Trailers” and “:reviews” below. Also, when you come back after watching a movie, discuss and add your own review at the site listed below.
  1. Check Review and Trailers
  2. Check Show time of Calcutta Cinema Halls.
  3. Write Review and Rate the Movie

That’s it. Go for a movie in your local movie hall now!

Nandan Cinema Hall, Calcutta
Picture: Nandan in Calcutta

89 Cinema Hall - Calcutta
Picture : 89 Cinema Hall in Calcutta

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