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Star Cineplex is a Bangladeshi
movie theater A movie theater (American English) or cinema (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English), also known as a movie house, cinema hall, picture house, picture theater, the movies, the pictures, or simply theater, is a business ...
chain. It is owned by Show Motion Limited and the first of its type in Dhaka, Bangladesh.


History

Star Cineplex was founded on 9 October 2004, in
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. Star Cineplex has six fully digital cinema screens with state-of-the-art 3D Projection Technology, silver screens, Dolby-Digital sound and stadium seating. With a total capacity of approximately 1600 seats the theater has large lobby with full concession stands serving pop-corns, soft drinks, ice-creams and many other items. In January 2019, they opened their second cineplex at Shimanto Shambhar, a newly built shopping centre beside Shimanto Square. In October 2019, they opened their third cineplex at SKS Tower in
Mohakhali Mohakhali () is a neighborhood of Dhaka city, the capital of Bangladesh. Mohakhali is one of the busiest places in Dhaka city. Mohakhali is bounded by Banani (neighbourhood), Banani in the north, Tejgaon Industrial Area Thana, Tejgoan area in the ...
. In August 2021, they opened their fourth cineplex in Mirpur at Sony Square. They opened their fifth cineplex at
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in April 2022 with state-of-the-art sound system and a capacity of 183 seats. They opened their first branch outside Dhaka at Bali Arcade in
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on 2 December 2022. They opened their second branch outside Dhaka at Bangabandhu Hi-tech Park in
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on 13 January 2023. Cineplex opened their Uttara branch at the Centrepoint mall.


Controversy

In August 2022, the authority was accused of not selling ticket of '' Poran'' to a senior citizen named Saman Ali Sarkar for wearing
lungi The lungi is a clothing similar to the sarong that originated in the Indian subcontinent. The lungi, which usually multicoloured, is a men's skirt usually tied around the lower waist below the navel. It can be worn as casual wear and night wear. ...
at the Sony Square branch of Star Cineplex. When the whole incident went viral on the internet, there was outrage among the people and many went to Star Cineplex wearing lungi to watch films in protest. The authority apologized for the incident in August 4 and Saman was allowed to watch the film with his family that day.


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* * Cinema chains in Bangladesh 2004 establishments in Bangladesh Mass media companies of Bangladesh {{Bangladesh-org-stub