Like Bombay, Calcutta has its fair share of movie halls with attitude and heritage that the current crop of multiplxes simply cannot replicate. A case in point is the Metro cinema hall at Esplanade. Housed in this breathtakingly gorgeous old-world building, the theatre is all about... elegance. Elegance, despite the terrible congestion of Chowringhee Avenue outside! :)
And a short walk away from Metro, you have the stately Grand Hotel - or the Oberoi Grand. Maybe not as old as the Great Eastern, the Grand nevertheless has reams of character and history. Don't let all the teeming crowds around the hotel fool you into thinking it's not first-rate!
And under the pillared portico of the Grand, you will find hawkers and five-star shops selling practically everything under the sun. An amazing Chinese food joint also, which we used to frequent during college days... and countless magazine stalls selling Filmfare and Cineblitz...
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