Jos Theatre is the first permanent movie theatre in

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

. Located in Swaraj Round in

Thrissur Thrissur (), formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the third largest urban agglomeration in Kerala after Kochi and Kozhikode, and t ...

city, it was built by

Kattukkaran Varunny Joseph ''Kattukkaran Varunny Joseph'' (Known as also Jose Kattookkaran and shortly, Kattukkaran Varunny) who is known as "Father of Malayalam cinema and theater industry" was an industrialist who established the former film exhibiting company in Kera ...

, the first man to screen the film in

. The movie theatre was earlier known as ''Jose Electrical Bioscope''.

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