KOLKATA: Elite’s closure can have dampened Kolkata’s steeped-in-nostalgia cinema addicts however they've one thing to look ahead to — the re-opening of the iconic Metro cinema, just a few hundred metres’ walk from Elite. Metro has set a November date for throwing open its doorways once once more to its patrons in time for the Diwali season.
Designed via New York-based architect Thomas Lamb, Metro had opened on December 5, 1935. The development was auctioned via the KMC’s heritage panel in 2012 and was purchased via the Mumbai-based Metro Realty. Renovation paintings began in 2015 and its effects might be observed via cinema goers this November.
“We are aiming to carry back one of Kolkata’s iconic landmarks to the city via Diwali,” Metro Realty vice-president, initiatives, and business building, Nester D’Souza mentioned. “We are in the process of renovating and relaunching the landmark Metro development right into a multi-use retail vacation spot. We plan to breathe new life to the art décor foyer and the grand staircase before the relaunch,” he added.
So, instead of a stand-alone single-screen theatre, Metro will now house a two-screen multiplex that has been leased out to Inox Leisure Ltd. The two auditoriums, being constructed at the 3rd level, could have a seating capacity of 450.
Another landmark theatre in Esplanade’s cinema-hall zone, Globe, is anticipating a court verdict before the ready-to-use twin-theatre can get started operations. Globe theatre, established in 1827, was purchased via E M Cohen in 1906 and renamed Grand Opera House; before that, it was referred to as Bijou Grand Opera House. It became the landmark Globe Cinema in 1922. This hall supplied leisure to Allied troops stationed in the town all the way through World War II.
Arijit Dutta of Priya took the hall on lease in 2000 from the Sidhwa family and Jal Tata, proprietors of Globe Theatres Private Ltd, and passed over the theatre to the owners in 2006, who bought it to 2 companies in 2011.
The Globe mall is now owned via Gold Star Enclaves Private Ltd (headed via Devinder Singh Shant) and Dhansri Abasan Pvt Ltd (headed via Deepak Daga). “We developed it into the Globe mall that still has a multiplex with two screens,” Shant mentioned. But, since 2014, there has been a spate of litigations pending before National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi. “The subsequent listening to might be in July,” Shant mentioned.
Caught on this legal struggle is Rajkamal Chaurasia, spokesperson of Arti Cinemas, which has invested Rs 3.5 crore to operate the twin-screen multiplex with a capacity of 434. “I can have to discover legal options now,” Chaurasia mentioned.
Another pre-Independence stand-alone theatre, constructed via zamindar Ramendra Kumar Raychaudhuri of Baruipur, is popping right into a multiplex on Eid. Baruipur Showhouse partner Santanu Raychaudhuri mentioned: “We close on October 31, 2017, to transform our single screen with a capacity of 906 right into a twin-theatre multiplex. The Baruipur Showhouse SVF plex could have two theatres with a capacity of 156 and 102, respectively. We are aiming to open on June 16 with ‘Race 3’ and in addition run ‘Haami’.”
Designed via New York-based architect Thomas Lamb, Metro had opened on December 5, 1935. The development was auctioned via the KMC’s heritage panel in 2012 and was purchased via the Mumbai-based Metro Realty. Renovation paintings began in 2015 and its effects might be observed via cinema goers this November.
“We are aiming to carry back one of Kolkata’s iconic landmarks to the city via Diwali,” Metro Realty vice-president, initiatives, and business building, Nester D’Souza mentioned. “We are in the process of renovating and relaunching the landmark Metro development right into a multi-use retail vacation spot. We plan to breathe new life to the art décor foyer and the grand staircase before the relaunch,” he added.
So, instead of a stand-alone single-screen theatre, Metro will now house a two-screen multiplex that has been leased out to Inox Leisure Ltd. The two auditoriums, being constructed at the 3rd level, could have a seating capacity of 450.
Another landmark theatre in Esplanade’s cinema-hall zone, Globe, is anticipating a court verdict before the ready-to-use twin-theatre can get started operations. Globe theatre, established in 1827, was purchased via E M Cohen in 1906 and renamed Grand Opera House; before that, it was referred to as Bijou Grand Opera House. It became the landmark Globe Cinema in 1922. This hall supplied leisure to Allied troops stationed in the town all the way through World War II.
Arijit Dutta of Priya took the hall on lease in 2000 from the Sidhwa family and Jal Tata, proprietors of Globe Theatres Private Ltd, and passed over the theatre to the owners in 2006, who bought it to 2 companies in 2011.
The Globe mall is now owned via Gold Star Enclaves Private Ltd (headed via Devinder Singh Shant) and Dhansri Abasan Pvt Ltd (headed via Deepak Daga). “We developed it into the Globe mall that still has a multiplex with two screens,” Shant mentioned. But, since 2014, there has been a spate of litigations pending before National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi. “The subsequent listening to might be in July,” Shant mentioned.
Caught on this legal struggle is Rajkamal Chaurasia, spokesperson of Arti Cinemas, which has invested Rs 3.5 crore to operate the twin-screen multiplex with a capacity of 434. “I can have to discover legal options now,” Chaurasia mentioned.
Another pre-Independence stand-alone theatre, constructed via zamindar Ramendra Kumar Raychaudhuri of Baruipur, is popping right into a multiplex on Eid. Baruipur Showhouse partner Santanu Raychaudhuri mentioned: “We close on October 31, 2017, to transform our single screen with a capacity of 906 right into a twin-theatre multiplex. The Baruipur Showhouse SVF plex could have two theatres with a capacity of 156 and 102, respectively. We are aiming to open on June 16 with ‘Race 3’ and in addition run ‘Haami’.”
Kolkata Metro set for November opening
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