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One of the most popular and oldest single-screen movie theatres of Kolkata. Hindi films and English Hollywood films used to be screened regularly. The theatre had a steady audience for its comfortable seating, good screen quality and stereophonic sound.
Whiteways and Laidlaw Building
It was a famous department store in Kolkata during the British period. This neo-baroque emporium—with domes, a clock tower and arched recessed windows—exemplifies fashionable shopping during the British Raj.
Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
A Catholic church building, built in 1832-34 as a Portuguese church. It was renovated in 1971, with the upper part of the building occupying the actual church.
A single-screen cinema known for its Art Deco architecture. The semicircular building with three viewing levels was originally an opera house, which was converted to a cinema in the 1940s. It has been a cultural hub of Central Kolkata for decades.
টিপু সুলতান মসজিদ Ṭipu Sultān Mosjid
One of the major landmarks of Esplanade, locally known as the Dharmatala Mosque (ধর্মতলা মসজিদ Dharmatalā Masjid). Built in 1842 by Prince Ghulam Mohammed, the youngest son of Tipu Sultan. People from all sections of society and religions are allowed to visit and take pictures of this historical premise.
A uniplex cinema hall and a heritage building with Art Deco architecture.