Savoy Cinema, Colombo

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Savoy Cinema, Colombo
Savoy Cinema, Colombo
General information
StatusOperating
Location Wellawatte, Colombo
AddressGalle Road, Wellawatte
Country Sri Lanka
Coordinates 6°52′41.88″N79°51′28.45″E / 6.8783000°N 79.8579028°E / 6.8783000; 79.8579028
OpenedAugust 1949;75 years ago (1949-08)
Owner EAP Films and Theatres Private Limited
Website
EAP Films

Savoy Cinema, Colombo also known as Savoy 3D Cinema and Savoy 2 is a prominent cinema in Sri Lanka located on Galle Road in Wellawatte, Colombo, just near the old Dutch canal. [1] [2] The building is owned and run by EAP Films and Theatres Private Limited. [3] [4] The theatre generally have premiere releases in four languages including English, Sinhala, Tamil and Hindi languages. [5]

The cinema opened in August 1949 with the premiere of The Jolson Story . It was initially owned and operated by C. V. de Silva, who named it after the Savoy Theatre in London. The original building had a small bookshop in the foyer and a number of shops that faced Galle Road, including a clothes shop and the Savoy Emporium, which dealt in medicines and groceries.

References

  1. ↑ Muller, Carl (2000). Colombo: A Novel. Penguin. ISBN   9789351181583.
  2. ↑ Goonewardena, C. T. (1969). A to Z Atlas of Colombo City. Survey Department. p. 47.
  3. ↑ "EAP Films and Theatres Private Limited". www.eapmovies.com. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Savoy Cinema (Colombo) - 2019 All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos)". TripAdvisor. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Savoy Cinemas screens Captain Marvel in English and Tamil for the first time in Sri Lanka". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
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