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125 Years Of Star Theatre

On 25 May, in the year 1888, Star theatre of Kolkata started journey. From Girish Ghosh to Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, - so many personalities arrived here and acted, participated again and again. But one day, in the year 1991, fire broke at Star Theatre, and it burnt fully. After 13 years, this heritage theatre house re-opened with a renovated look on 13 October, 2004. Star Theatre - the century-old theatre house of the city witnessed arrival of famous persons like Ramakrishna, Rabindranath who used to sit at the front row to watch play. Even Swami Vivekananda first introduced Sister Nivedita to all here in the year 1898. So many stars of yesteryears like Nati Binodini, Saraju Debi, Shishir Bhaduri, Dani Mitra, Uttam Kumar, Soumitra Chattopadhyay, Gita Dey, Sabitri Chattopadhyay, Madhabi Mukhopadhyay performed here. Kolkata Corporation undertaken the Star Theatre and inaugurated again on 25 May, 2012 to mark the starting point in the year 1888. Yesterday's function a