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Lion Cinemas
Movie theater in Bangladesh From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Joy–Lion Cinemas,[1] or simply the Lion Cinemas, is a multiplex located at Dhaka district in Bangladesh. It was reopened on Eid-ul-Fitr, 2022. It is one of the modern movie theaters in the country.
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History
Establishment
Kishorilal Roy Chowdhury, a Zamindar, built a theatre in Old Dhaka named Diamond Jubilee Theatre in 1897. Drama was performed in this theater. Later, due to the demand, only films were shown in the theater from 1927.[2] A person named Mirza Abdul Kader bought the theatre in 1930. He changed its name to Lion Theatre in 1932.[3][4] The theater could accommodate 938 spectators.[5]
Recent developments
The next owner of the movie theater, Mirza Abdul Khaleque, closed it in 2005 due to financial losses. At that time he bought a land in Kadamtali Model Town in Keraniganj. There, in 2014, he set up a shopping mall called Lion Shoppers World. In that shopping mall, he founded Lion Cinemas.[2] The multiplex was scheduled to open on 1 March 2018[6] and the date was changed to 16 December 2019.[3] It was later inaugurated on Eid-ul-Fitr 2022.[2]
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Features
The area of the multiplex is 18 thousand square feet. There are 4 screens with 200 seats, as well as a food court and a film museum.[3] The multiplex, situated on 7th, 8th and 9th floor of the shopping mall,[7] has total 800 seats. The authority entered into an agreement with Joy Cinemas to operate the multiplex.[7][2] The two screens is reserved for foreign films. The theatre has a 3D screen also.[1][6]
Type of cinemas
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