Trivandrum city is perhaps the only place in the State(Kerala) that has 16 theaters spread across a radius of three km. The cinemas in the city are an indispensable feature of
the city’s culture scape. There are 16 theaters across a radius of three
km, which are happening centers of entertainment.From monochrome talkies to technicolour extravaganzas,
from Henry the Eighth to Harry Potter, from ‘Vigathakumaran’ to ‘Meesa
Madhavan’ . all of them cast a spell on the city audience.
Five of the predominant cinemas belonged to veteran
director-producer Merryland P. Subramaniam. The twin complex of
Sreekumar-Sreevisakh, Sree Padmanabha, New Theatre and erstwhile
Karthikeya at Pettah, were formed as an extension of their business
interests in the industry.
New Theatre, the first of our theatre chain, was built
in 1936. Sreekumar, intended as a cinema exclusively devoted to English
films, followed in 1950,
This is one of the old cinema center which releases new holly wood films . It is equipped with new surround sound .The sound effect is awesome . 70 mm large, largest parking space , highest audience capacity all these makes it number one in trivandrum.