The Elite was a single-screen theater, situated in S.N. Banerjee Road, Kolkata. It had started operation on August 2, 1940. It was once owned by 20th Century Fox and photographic studio Bourne & Shepherd and had its share of silver screen legends like Raj Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan to name a few.[1][2] The 78-year old auditorium in central Kolkata ended its journey on 1 June, 2018.[3]
| Elite | |
|---|---|
 Elite Cinema Kolkata | |
  Location in Kolkata | |
| General information | |
| Status | Closed |
| Type | Cinema hall |
| Location | in Dharmatala, Esplanade, Central Kolkata |
| Address | 136, SN Banerjee Road, Esplanade, Dharmatala, Kolkata, West Bengal 700013 |
| Town or city | Kolkata |
| Country |  India |
| Coordinates | 22°33′47″N 88°21′14″E / 22.5629291°N 88.3538589°E |
| Inaugurated | 1940 |
The building was finally demolished on the 12th. of February 2024.
References
edit- ^ "78-year-old iconic Elite Cinema of Kolkata closed forever". www.business-standard.com/. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ^ "The dying pulse of single screen theatres in Kolkata". timesofindia.indiatimes.com/. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ^ "End of the show: 78 years on, it's curtains for Elite". timesofindia.indiatimes.com/. Retrieved 12 July 2020.