Globe Cinema
Globe Cinema is a cinema hall building situated in central Kolkata, the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is among the older single-screen cinema halls of the city, located in the Esplanade–Lindsay Street area, a historic commercial and entertainment precinct of central Kolkata.
| Type | Cinema hall (single-screen) |
|---|---|
| Location | Lindsay Street, Esplanade, Kolkata |
| City | Kolkata |
| State | West Bengal |
| Country | India |
Background
Single-screen cinema halls have historically been an important part of Kolkata's public culture, especially in the area around Chowringhee, Esplanade, New Market and Lindsay Street. This precinct, developed largely in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, became a hub for film exhibition with several halls catering to English-language as well as Hindi and Bengali films. Globe Cinema is part of this cluster of theatres that defined the moviegoing experience in central Kolkata for much of the twentieth century.
Significance
Globe Cinema is referenced as a notable building in Kolkata's cinematic and architectural landscape. Like other long-standing halls in the city, it forms part of the broader heritage of single-screen film exhibition in India, a sector that has progressively contracted with the rise of multiplex chains from the early 2000s onward.
Related topics
- Cinema of West Bengal
- Esplanade, Kolkata
- New Market, Kolkata
- List of cinemas in Kolkata
- Single-screen cinema in India
References
- Wikidata entry: Q5570972