Lion Cinemas
Theater in Bangladesh
The Joy–Lion Cinemas, or simply the Lion Cinemas, is a multiplex located at Dhaka district in Bangladesh. It was reopened as a multiplex on Eid-ul-Fitr, 2022. It is one of the modern movie theaters in the country.
History
Establishment
Kishorilal Roy Chowdhury, a Zamindar, built a theatre in Old Dhaka 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 Kader 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.
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