Lotus Fivestar Cinemas (M) Sdn Bhd (

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Lotus Five Star Cinemas, also known as LFS) is a cinema chain in

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owned by the Lotus Group. Lotus Five Star is also a major Indian movie distributor in Malaysia. LFS Cinemas is the fourth largest cinema chain in Malaysia after

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Overview

Lotus Five Star is a cinema chain that began in the 1980s and now operates 24 cinemas. LFS screens multilingual movies of different genres to satisfy the interests of its wide range of customers. They also own

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, the oldest cinema in Malaysia, since 2012 which is more popularly known as the "Indian Cinema" or also "Tamil Cinema" among the locals due to most of their premieres being

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movies. 13 out of 26 LFS Cinemas are now known as mmCineplexes since 1 October 2017.

List of LFS Cinema Location

Coliseum Cinema, Kuala Lumpur (February 2007)

Northern Region

Central Region

Southern Region

East Region

Terengganu

East Malaysia

Sabah

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References

Cinema chains in Malaysia Entertainment companies established in 2004 Privately held companies of Malaysia 2004 establishments in Malaysia