Star Cineplex

Star Cineplex is a Bangladeshi movie theater 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 Bashundhara City. 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 DOHS. In August 2021, they opened their fourth cineplex in Mirpur at Sony Square. They opened their fifth cineplex at Bangabandhu Military Museum on 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 Chittagong on 2 December 2022. They opened their second branch outside Dhaka at Bangabandhu Hi-tech Park in Rajshahi on 13 January 2023.

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 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.