Roxy Cinema (Kolkata)
Single-screen theater in India
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Roxy Cinema is a single screen cinema hall located in Esplanade Metro, Chowringhee Place, Dharmatala, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.[1][2]
| Roxy Cinema | |
|---|---|
  Location within Kolkata | |
| General information | |
| Status | Active |
| Type | Cinema hall, Heritage building |
| Location | Chowringhee Place. near Esplanade Metro, 12 B, Chowringhee Place, Kolkata, India |
| Coordinates | 22.5622°N 88.3499°E |
| Renovated | 2005 |
History
Roxy Cinema started as an Opera House. In early 1940s the house was converted into a cinema. The hall had high banisters but during this conversion stage height was removed. In 1941 the first film screened in this theatre was Ashok Kumar-starrer Naya Sansar. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose came to this theatre to watch Ashok Kumar-starrer Kismet (1943),[1] which ran for 108 weeks at Roxy.[3]
In 2005 the theatre was renovated by its owners. In 2011, Kolkata Municipal Corporation seized the theatre as the theatre owners did not pay lease agreement renewal dues.[1]