Priya Cinema (Kolkata)
| Priya Cinema | |
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| প্রিয়া সিনেমা | |
Priya Cinema logo
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Location in Kolkata
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| General information | |
| Status | Active |
| Type | Cinema hall |
| Address | 95, Rash Behari Avenue Kolkata, West Bengal 700029 |
| Town or city | Kolkata |
| Country | India |
| Coordinates | 22°31′05″N 88°21′16″E / 22.5180°N 88.3544°ECoordinates: 22°31′05″N 88°21′16″E / 22.5180°N 88.3544°E |
| Opened | 22 May 1959 |
| Inaugurated | 22 May 1959 |
| Owner | Priya Entertainments Pvt. Ltd |
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Priya Cinema is a uniplex cinema hall situated in Rashbehari Avenue, near Deshapriya Park, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The management is run by Priya Entertainments Pvt. Ltd. under the leadership of the managing director Arijit Dutta. This is one of the first cinema halls in eastern India to have features like a Dolby Atmos [(sound system)], Xenon Christie projector, Recliner seats, QUBE digital projection system, Harkness Screen and 2K Projection System.
Priya Entertainments Pvt. Ltd. (PEPL) has been in the field of entertainment for almost a decade. Dedicated to combining "Culture and Commerce", PEPL has done pioneering work in the field of entertainment.
Today, PEPL is an inseparable part of Bengal's cinema and culture. Besides direct ownership of prestigious cinema halls like PRIYA in south Kolkata, and Annapurna Multiplex/Mall (under construction) in Sonarpur(24 Parganas - South), PEPL manages many prestigious cultural complexes and multiplexes like The Bioscope in Rajarhat, Bioscope in Durgapur, Bioscope in Haldia, Burdwan, Vidyasagar Memorial Hall in Guskara Burdwan, Satyajit Mancha in Balurghat South Dinajpur, Balaka in Illambazar Birbhum, Netaji Subhash Sadan in Baidyabati, Art Gallery Cineplex in Jalpaiguri
The Company's business extends to the distribution of films as well. They had been the sole distributors for the three biggest Hollywood studios- Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures and Walt Disney for releasing their films in Eastern India.. PEPL has also partnered with some of the big Indian production houses viz. UTV Films, NDTV Lumiere, Acropolis, Mumbai Mantra, National Film Development Corporation etc.
The house of Priya Entertainments began its journey in the 60s with producing widely acclaimed films like Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne, Aranyer Dinratri, Pratidwandi directed by Satyajit Ray, Hatey Bazarey directed by Tapan Sinha and Chhuti-the first film directed by Arundhati Devi. It also produced many other films including Bonojyotsna, Saraswatir Pratigya and Kalochhaya.
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