Globe Cinema, Movie theater on Lindsay Street, Kolkata, India
Globe Cinema is a movie theater in Kolkata operating inside a 19th-century heritage building with two separate auditoriums. The two halls run different screenings, giving the cinema a relatively flexible daily program.
The building opened in 1867 as the Grand Opera House, hosting both British and Indian theatrical performances. In 1925, new owners converted it into a cinema and gave it the name it still carries today.
The Globe Cinema screens Bengali films alongside Bollywood productions and international titles, drawing audiences from across the city. Watching a film here feels different from a modern multiplex, as the building itself is part of the experience.
Tickets can be booked online in advance, which saves time on arrival and avoids queuing at the box office. For popular Bengali or Bollywood releases, booking ahead is a good idea since those screenings tend to fill up fast.
The cinema shut its doors in 2004 and stayed closed for nearly two decades, with a major Hollywood film as the final screening before the lights went out. When it eventually reopened, the event drew attention from people across the city who remembered it from earlier years.
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