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Apr 29th, 2008 |
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Movie (Cinema) Halls in Calcutta (Kolkata) – Address, Phone, Showtime
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.
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.
Picture: Example of some Movies you really never want to go!
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.
Picture: City Center in Calcutta

Picture: Ellite Cinema Hall in Calcutta
Picture: Mayur Cinema Hall in Calcutta
List of Movie/Cinema Halls with Phone Number in Calcutta/Kolkata (West Bengal, India)
- 89 Cinemas (Swabhumi) 89C Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Sarani,Calcutta – 700 054 Telephone No:23588900, 2321-5486/2334-3903
- Ajanta Tel: 24785341
- Ahindra Mancha (Alipur) 33/33A Chetla Central Road, Kolkata – 700027 Telephone No: 24797170
- Ajanta (Sahapur Behala): Junc. of D.H. Road & S.N. Banerjee Road, Kolkata – 700 034, Telephone No: 2478-5341
- Ananya Tel: 25777481/1082
- Aruna (Amherst St) 40/2, M.G. Road, Amusement Parks, Kolkata – 700 009 Telephone No 23509561
- Ashoka (Behala) 905/2 D H Road, Behala, Kolkata – 700034 Telephone No: 24683630, 24584079
- Basusree (Bhowanipur) 102, S.P. Mukherjee Road. Kolkata-700 025 Telephone No: 24554807/4808
- Bharati (Bhowanipur) 2, S.P. Mukherjee Road. Kolkata-700 025 Telephone No: 24555593
- Bijoli (Bhowanipur) 6/1 S.P. Mukherjee Road Kolkata – 700 025 Telephone No: 24555382
- Biswadeep Tel: 95353-2521963
- Chaplin (Dharmatala) Chowringhee Place Calcutta – 700 013 Telephone No: 22446563
- Chetana Tel: 25514918
- Chhabighar (Amherst St) 10A, M G Road Calcutta – 700 009 Telephone No: 23502740
- Chhaya Telephone No: 23501382
- Chitra Mandir Telephone No: 953472-252308
- Crown Telephone No: 22174822
- Darpana (Shyambazar) 84 Bidhan Sarani, Shyambazar, Kolkata – 700004 Telephone No: 25553140
- Elite 136, S N Banerjee Road, Kolkata – 700 013 Telephone No: 22441383
- Elora 15 Sourin Roy Road, Kolkata – 700034 Telephone No: 24683480
- Fame Hiland Park (Eastern Bypass, Nearest Peerless Hospital) Fame Hiland Park Metropolis Mall Chakgaria, Kolkata 700 094 Telephone No: 2436-7744/2436-7601
- Fame South City (South City Mall) 375, Prince Anwar Shah Road, South Kolkata, Telephone No: N/A
- Globe 7E, Lindsay Street Calcutta – 700 016 Telephone No: 22495636/5665
- Hind Telephone No: 22152473
- Indira (Bhowanipur) 2, Indra Roy Road, Kolkata – 700025 Telephone No:2475-1752
- Inox City Centre (Salt Lake City Centre) City Centre, DC Block I, Sector 1, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700 064 Telephone No: 23584499
- Inox Forum (Elgin Road) INOX Leisure Ltd., Forum, 10/3 Elgin Road, Kolkata. 700020 Telephone No: 23584499
- Jagat (Amherst St.) Telephone No 23505308
- Jaya (Lake Town) P-255, Lake Town, Kolkata- 700055 Telephone No 25343936
- Jogyama Telephone No: 26672127
- Jyoti (Dharmatala) 32/1, Lenin SaraniKolkata – 700 013 Telephone No: 22441132
- Khanna Telephone No: 25552932
- Liberty Telephone No: 25305716
- Lila Telephone No: 25482499
- Lipi Telephone No: 26684002
- Mahua (Naktala) 139 Naktala, Kolkata -700047 Telephone No: 24305291
- Malancha (Regent Park) 63 N. S. C. Bose Road, Tollygaunj, Kolkata – 700040 Telephone No: 24717712
- Meghdoot Telephone No: 95353-2430104
- Menoka ( Lansdowne) 5 Sarat Chatterjee Avenue Lansdowne, Kolkata – 700029 Telephone No: 24663080 / 2466-0417
- Metro (Dharmatala) 5 J L Nehru Road, Dharmatala, Kolkata – 700013 Telephone No: 22280141
- Milani Telephone No: 95353-2551748
- Minar (Shyambazar) 136/2, Bidhan Sarani, Kolkata – 700 004 Telephone No: 25556753
- Mini Jaya (Lake Town) P-255, Lake Town, Kolkata- 700055 Telephone No: 25348680
- Mitra (Shyambazar) 83 Bidhan Sarani, Shyambazar, Kolkata – 700004 Telephone No: 25555133
- Moonlight (B.B.D. Bag) 30 Tarachand Dutta St., B B D Bag, Kolkata – 700001 Telephone No: 22354956
- Mrinalini Telephone No: 25592458
- Naaz Telephone No: 22359735
- Nabeena Telephone No: 24220091
- Nandan ( Exide, Rabindra Sadan) 1/1, A.J.C Bose Road,Kolkata – 700 020 Telephone No: 22231210/0970
- Navina ( Tollygaunge) 19 Prince Anwar Shah Road, Tollygunge, Kolkata – 700033 Telephone No: 24220091
- New Empire ( New Market, Dharmatala) 20E, Nelly Sengupta Sarani, New Market, Humayun Place, Kolkata – 700087 Telephone No: 22491299
- New Cinema Telephone No: 95353-2533955
- New Royal Telephone No: 23504068
- Padma ( Sodpur, Near Kathgola) Sodpur, Kolkata – 700 110 Telephone No: N/A
- Paradise (Dharamtala) 39 Bentinck StreetKolkata – 700001 Telephone No: 2248-5442
- Payal Telephone No: 95353-2420756
- Prachi (Moulali) 124, A.J.C.Bose Road, Sealdah, Kolkata – 700 014 Telephone No: 22461282
- Priya (Deshopriyo Park) 95, Rash Behari Avenue, Calcutta – 700 029 Telephone No: 24641313
- Purabi (Amherst St.) 40/1 M.G Road, Amherst St., Kolkata – 700009 Telephone No: 23500680
- Purna Telephone No: 24555733
- Pushpasree ( Behala) 77 D.H. Road, Behala, Kolkata – 700034 Telephone No: 24476901
- Radha (Shyambazar) 140 Bidhan Sarani, Shyambazar, Kolkata – 700004 Telephone No: 25553045
- Ragini Telephone No: 23500264
- RDB Adlabs (Sector V) RDB Boulevard, 2nd Floor Plot–K1, Block AP & GP Sector V , Salt Lake, Kolkata. Telephone No: 3984-6101
- Roxy (Dharmatala) 4A, Chowringhee Place, Dharmatala, Kolkata – 700013 Telephone No: 22284138
- Sangeeta Telephone No: 953472-252644
- Sree Krishna Talkies Telephone No: 25812724
- Star Theatre (Hatibagan)
- Sushama Telephone No: 26321033
- Talkie Show House (Shyambazar) 13A, Shibdas Bhaduri St., Shyambazar, Kolkata – 700004 Telephone No: 25556270
- Ujjala Telephone No: 24554686
- Urbashi Telephone No: 95353-2422227
- Vishal Telephone No: 95353-2533234
- 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.
- Check Review and Trailers
- Check Show time of Calcutta Cinema Halls.
- Write Review and Rate the Movie
That’s it. Go for a movie in your local movie hall now!
Picture: Nandan in Calcutta
Picture : 89 Cinema Hall in Calcutta
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