Coliseum Theatre, Movie theater in Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Coliseum Theatre is a movie theater in central Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, housed in a colonial-era building that dates back to the 1920s. It has two screening rooms and a total seating capacity in the hundreds.

The theater opened in 1920, making it one of the oldest cinemas still operating in Malaysia. It closed briefly during the Japanese occupation in World War II and was later converted into a two-screen venue in 2012.

The Coliseum Theatre screens Tamil and Hindi films, drawing audiences from the South Asian community in Kuala Lumpur. The program reflects the strong presence of the Indian diaspora in the city, and the crowd inside feels very different from a typical multiplex.

The cinema is close to Bandaraya LRT Station and Bank Negara KTM Station, making it easy to reach by public transit. Tickets can be bought electronically, and both screens use modern projection equipment.

For decades, the building shared its walls with the Coliseum Cafe, a restaurant that British writer William Somerset Maugham visited regularly during his time in British Malaya. The cafe closed in 2021, though its story is tied closely to the literary memory of the region.

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