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<p><span class="autocomment">Elite Cinema Hall, Calcutta</span></p>
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| status = Closed<br />
| image = Elite Cinema Hall in Kolkata.jpg<br />
| image_alt = Elite Cinema Kolkata<br />
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| location = in [[Dharmatala]], [[Esplanade, Kolkata|Esplanade]], [[Kolkata|Central Kolkata]]<br />
| address = 136, SN Banerjee Road, Esplanade, Dharmatala, Kolkata, West Bengal 700013<br />
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The '''Elite''' was a single-screen theater, situated in S.N. Banerjee Road, [[Kolkata]]. It had started operation on August 2, 1940. It was once owned by 20th Century Fox and photographic studio Bourne & Shepherd and had its share of silver screen legends like Raj Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan to name a few.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/78-year-old-iconic-elite-cinema-of-kolkata-closed-forever-118060600877_1.html | title=78-year-old iconic Elite Cinema of Kolkata closed forever| publisher=www.business-standard.com/ |accessdate=12 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/the-dying-pulse-of-single-screen-theatres-in-kolkata/photostory/70159305.cms?picid=70159343 | title=The dying pulse of single screen theatres in Kolkata| publisher=timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ |accessdate=12 July 2020}}</ref> The 78-year old auditorium in central Kolkata ended its journey on 1 June, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/end-of-the-show-78-years-on-its-curtains-for-elite/articleshow/64456290.cms | title=End of the show: 78 years on, it’s curtains for Elite| publisher=timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ |accessdate=12 July 2020}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Cinemas in Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Cinema of Bengal]]</div>
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