Cinema halls in Thiruvananthapuram

See also: Media in Trivandrum

Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) city possess a rich film culture. The Malayalam films were earlier produced with Chennai (Madras) as the base. Later in the end of 70s, the Malayalam film industry started to shift its base to Kerala, with Trivandrum as the pick of the bunch. Kerala State Film Development Corporation (KSFDC) was established in 1975 with the objective of giving a thrust to the Malayalam film industry and for nurturing it in the State. As a result, many studios and related industries started commencing in and around Trivandrum. The studios Merryland got opened in 1951 and Chithranjali in 1980s. Leading firms like Prasad Film Laboratoried expanded their operations to Trivandrum also.

With the commencing of animation companies like Toonz India Ltd and Tata Elxsi Limited, the film industry further boomed up. The Kinfra Film and Video Park is located near Technopark and is one of the most advanced film and animation production facilities in India. The International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) is held in November every year and is acknowledged as one of the leading such events in India. Kerala State Chalachitra Academy was founded in 1998 for the promotion of Cinema as a cultural expression.

Movie halls

Trivandrum city holds the maximum number of theatres in Kerala.^[1] There are 16 A-Class theatres, with New Theatre being the largest in the state with a seating capacity more than 1200. All the A-Class halls are within a radius of 3 km which makes the city an ideal place to hold Film Festivals.

Movie halls within in the city center (within a radius of 3 km)

Sl.No.	Name	Place	Facilities	Seating Capacity	Remarks
1	Anjali	SL Complex, Thampanoor	A/C DTS Digital ufo Satellite projection	1,100	Online booking available
2	Athulya	SL Complex, Thampanoor	A/C DTS Digital ufo Satellite projection		Online booking available
3	Aswathy	SL Complex, Thampanoor	35 mm A/C DTS Digital ufo Satellite projection		Online booking available
4	Athira	SL Complex, Thampanoor	35 mm A/C DTS Digital ufo Satellite projection		Online booking available
5	SreeKumar	Thampanoor	A/C DTS
6	SreeVishak	Thampanoor	A/C DTS Digital qube projection
7	Kairali	Thampanoor	A/C DTS		Online booking available
8	Sree	Thampanoor	A/C		Online booking available
9	New Theatre	Thampanoor	A/C DTS Digital ufo Satellite projection	1264
10	Kripa	Thampanoor	A/C DTS Digital ufo Satellite projection Digital light Projection	943	Online booking available
11	Dhanya	Muthoottu Theaters, Vanchiyoor	A/C DTS, Ultra-Stereo Digital ufo Satellite projection
12	Ramya	Muthoottu Theaters, Vanchiyoor	A/C DTS, Ultra-Stereo Digital ufo Satellite projection
13	Ajanta	Pazhavangadi	A/C DTS Ultra-Stereo Digital ufo Satellite projection	863	Online booking available
14	Padmanabha	East Fort	A/C DTS
15	Sreebala	East Fort	A/C
16	Kalabhavan		A/C
17	Central	Pazhavangadi

Movie halls within in the City Corporation

Sl.No.	Name	Place	Facilities	Seating Capacity	Remarks
18	Thejus	Nemom
19	Unni	Balaramapuram
20	MT Cinema	Pothencode
21	Mahadeva	Kattakada
22	Sree Muruka	Kattakada
23	Jaya Vinayaka	Kattakada
24	Harikrishna	Pothencode
25	Krishna	Kazhakoottam	A/C DTS

Movie halls within in the Metropolitian Area

Sl.No.	Name	Place	Facilities	Seating Capacity	Remarks
26	Kaarthika	Kadinamkulam	A/C DTS Qube Digital Satellite projection
27	V Tracks	Kadinamkulam	A/C, Digital HD, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio (3 Way 8 channel HD DTS) Qube Digital Satellite projection
28	Thapasya	Attingal	A/C DTS UFO Digital Satellite projection
29	Thapasya Paradise	Attingal	A/C DTS UFO Digital Satellite projection
30	Vaishakh	Attingal	A/C DTS UFO Digital Satellite projection
31	Gowri	Attingal	DTS UFO Digital Satellite projection
32	Dreams	Attingal	A/C DTS UFO Digital Satellite projection
33	Ganga	Ganga Complex, Attingal	A/C DTS UFO Digital Satellite projection
34	Yamuna	Ganga Complex, Attingal	A/C, DTS Qube Digital Satellite projection
35	Kaveri	Ganga Complex, Attingal	A/C, DTS Qube Digital Satellite projection

The halls of Anjali, Athulya, Aswathy and Athira are in a single theatre complex, generally called SL Complex. Other theatre complexes are 'Dhanya-Ramya', 'Kairali-Sree', and 'SreeKumar-SreeVishak'. Kalabhavan, Kairali and Sree are owned by Kerala State Film Development Corporation(KSFDC).

The V-Tracks theater is the first and currently only HD theater in Kerala.

Online reservations

Some theatres in the city offers online booking facility.

• Ajantha website
• Kripa website
• Kairali website
• Sree website
• SL Theatres (Anjali, Athulya, Aswathy, Athira) website

References

1. ^ News:The Hindu