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Lighthouse Cinema (Kolkata)

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After 2000 the hall started to suffer a heavy financial loss. In February 2002 the theatre managements decided to close the theatre because of the heavy loss they suffered in last few years and it was permanently closed on 22 February 2002. Two years after closing the hall, in 2004, the theatre's
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license was also taken away and it turned into a bleak house after some legal actions against "unauthorised changes" made to the premises. After that the entire cinema was converted to
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was a single screen cinema hall and heritage building located in Humayun Place in
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Lighthouse Cinema was established in 1934 for screening
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Past Cinema hall, Heritage building in Kolkata, India
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Lighthouse Cinema (Kolkata) is located in Kolkata
Coordinates
22°33′35″N 88°20′58″E / 22.5597°N 88.3495°E / 22.5597; 88.3495
Willem Marinus Dudok
New Market
New Empire
Kolkata
West Bengal
India
Hollywood
W.M. Dudok
Citimart
Metro Cinema
Globe Cinema



"Rise and fall of dream theatres"
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"Light House Cinema, Kolkata"
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"Lighthouse gives way to multiplex"
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