State Government’s nod for screening movies, most movie theatres in
Bengaluru remained closed on Monday. Exhibitors say the theatres may begin screening movies only after July 31 as there is no clarity on the release of
Kannada,
Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam movies.
“We welcome the government’s decision, but we have to wait for the supply of movies for screening. Kannada movie producers are yet to announce the dates of releasing their movies,’’ said Karnataka Film Exhibitors’ Association president
KV Chandrasekhar. According to him, many single-screen theatres depend on the release of Kannada, Telugu and Tamil movies. “A few theatres may be opened within a few days to screen old movies but there is no guarantee it will have audiences. It won’t be viable to screen a movie for a few,’’ he said.
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single screen theatres have threatened to stop screening of movies across the State, in case film distributors and producers fail to agree to Tamil Nadu-based formulae on profit sharing, said R.R. Odugoudar, President, Karnataka Film Exhibitors’ Federation.
Addressing a news conference at Pathrakartara Bhavan in city this morning, he said that the theatres have suffered huge loss due to closure of cinema halls for over seven to eight months due to COVID-19. After re-opening, people were not coming to cinemas out of fear. In 2004-05, there were 1,800 single screen movie halls in Karnataka, and now it has reduced to 589. On the other hand, the number of single screen theatres was increasing in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Recently, a meeting was held in which movie distributors agreed to implement the Tamil Nadu model on profit sharing but took a U-turn within two days saying that they would stick to weekly rental basis. Instead of