Priya Cinema is a single-screen cinema hall located in the Deshapriya Park area of south Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is among the city's well-known standalone cinemas and continues to operate in an era when single-screen theatres have largely been replaced by multiplexes across urban India.
| Name | Priya Cinema |
|---|---|
| Type | Single-screen cinema hall |
| Location | Deshapriya Park, Rashbehari Avenue, south Kolkata |
| City | Kolkata |
| State | West Bengal |
| Country | India |
Priya Cinema functions as a neighbourhood theatre situated on Rashbehari Avenue, close to Deshapriya Park, one of south Kolkata's prominent public squares. The hall screens both Bengali-language films and mainstream Hindi and English releases, catering to audiences in the surrounding residential localities of Lake Market, Kalighat, and Gariahat.
The cinema is associated with the cultural life of south Kolkata and has been a regular venue for premieres and special screenings of Bengali films. It is frequently mentioned in connection with the Kolkata film community, and the surrounding stretch of Rashbehari Avenue has historically been a hub of cinema-going in the city.