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Central Studios was an Indian film studio in the neighbourhood of Singanallur, Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, started by B.Rangaswamy Naidu (a.k.a. B. R. Naidu) and other prominent industrialists like Swamikannu Vincent of Coimbatore in 1935 to make Tamil and other South Indian language movies. The studio was a major hub of Tamil movie production ...
Colossus (theatre) – a Famous Players brand, now owned by Cineplex; Famous Players – formerly Canada's largest theatre chain; purchased by Cineplex Entertainment in 2005; Galaxy Cinemas – mid-sized chain that was the parent company to Cineplex Entertainment. Galaxy purchased bankrupt Cineplex in 2003. Scotiabank Theatres – a Cineplex brand
Shanti Theatre was built by G. Umapathy and D. Shanmuga Raja, [1] then the Raja of Sivaganga. [2] It was inaugurated on 12 January 1961 by then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, K. Kamaraj, and was the first deluxe air-conditioned theatre in Madras (now Chennai) with 1212 seats.
Town Hall is a heritage building in Coimbatore city, built in 1882 in honor of Queen Victoria, with stone and lime mortar. It is now part of the Coimbatore Corporation Administrative Buildings. Coimbatore Central Prison - Freedom fighter V. O. Chidambaram Pillai (VOC) was jailed here between 1908 and 1910. He was under rigourus imprisonment and ...
Samikannu Vincent (18 April 1883 – 22 April 1942) was a filmmaker and cinema exhibitor from Coimbatore, India.He was a pioneer in the movie business in South India.In 1905, he established tent cinemas where movies were projected in a makeshift tent in open spaces which were a precursor to modern day movie theaters.
Once it was demonstrated as a commercial proposition, a Western entrepreneur, Warwick Major, built the first cinema theatre, the Electric Theatre, which still stands. It was a favourite haunt of the British community in Madras. The theatre was shut down after a few years. This building is now part of a post office complex on Anna Salai .
Coimbatore - MGR Chennai Central Intercity Express is a train that runs between Chennai, the state capital of Tamil Nadu and Coimbatore, the second largest city of the state. [1] It replaced erstwhile Chennai Coimbatore Shatabdi Express used to run from 1995 [1] to 2000 and present Chennai Central–Coimbatore Shatabdi Express was not existed then.
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