Globe Cinema (Kolkata)

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Globe Cinema
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View from the stage in 1918
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Location in Kolkata
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StatusClosed
TypeCinema hall, heritage building
LocationLindsay Street, Esplanade
Address7E, Lindsay Street
Town or cityKolkata
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
Coordinates 22°33′33″N88°21′00″E / 22.5591°N 88.3501°E / 22.5591; 88.3501 Coordinates: 22°33′33″N88°21′00″E / 22.5591°N 88.3501°E / 22.5591; 88.3501

Globe Cinema was a single screen cinema hall and heritage building located in Lindsay Street (opposite New Market entrance), [1] Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The theatre was previously known as Old Opera House. [2] The wooden opera house was established in 1827 and sold to E M Cohen in 1906. Cohen converted it into a movie theatre and named it Globe Cinema. The theatre was owned by Sidhwa family and Jal Tata. [1] Dhansri Abasan Pvt Ltd partnered with Goldstar Enclave Pvt Ltd and acquired the Globe Theatre Pvt Ltd from them. [3]

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The gigantic single-screen theatre has made way for a mini-mall with a twin-theatre multiplex, over 100 retail stores and a food court.

History

The original wooden opera house was established in 1827. In 1906, the house, then known as Bijou Grand Opera House, was sold by E. H. Ducasse to E.M. Cohen. Cohen renamed it Grand Opera House. Later it was converted into a theatre hall and named Globe Cinema. [1] This was one of the first few theatres in Calcutta which regularly screened English movies. [4]

During World War II, the hall provided entertainment for Allied troops stationed in Calcutta. [1]

In 2000, Arijit Dutta, film distributor of Priya Entertainment, leased the hall. Priya Entertainment returned it to the owners[ who? ] in April 2006. [1]

In July, 2011 the cinema hall was acquired by Nitin Kumar Jain, Sri. Megh Raj Daga and Devinder Singh Shant. By 2014, under the stewardship of this team led by Jain and his company, Konsortia Construction Company Pvt. Ltd., the cinema hall was converted into a boutique shopping mall with about 100 shops and a two-screen multiplex, along with food courts. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Rise and fall of dream theatres". Telegraph Calcutta. 2 July 2012. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  2. ↑ Swati Mitra (2011). Kolkata: City Guide. Goodearth Publications. p. 48. ISBN   978-93-80262-15-4.
  3. ↑ "New-look Globe to be back this Puja". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  4. ↑ India today. Thomson Living Media India Ltd. 2002. p. 12.
  5. ↑ New-look Globe to be back this Puja . Retrieved 15 July 2020.
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