The Joy–Lion Cinemas, or simply the Lion Cinemas, is a

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located at

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. It was reopened on

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, 2022. It is one of the modern movie theaters in the country.

History

Establishment

Kishorilal Roychowdhury, a

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, built a theatre in

Old Dhaka Old Dhaka ( bn, পুরান ঢাকা, Puran Dhaka) is a term used to refer to the historic old city of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It was founded in 1608 as Jahangirabad or Jahangirnagar ( bn, জাহাঙ্গীরনগ� ...

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. A person named Mirza Abdul Quader bought the theatre in 1930. He changed its name to Lion Theatre in 1932. The theater could accommodate 938 spectators.

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. The multiplex was scheduled to open on 1 March 2018 and the date was changed to 16 December 2019. It was later inaugurated on

2022.

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. The multiplex, situated on 7th, 8th and 9th floor of the shopping mall, has total 800 seats. The authority entered into an agreement with Joy Cinemas to operate the multiplex. The two screens is reserved for foreign films. The theatre has a 3D screen also.

Type of cinemas

* Bangladeshi films * Hollywood films

References

External links

* {{Facebook page, lioncinemas Cinemas in Bangladesh Old Dhaka Keraniganj Upazila 1897 establishments in British India