entertainment on hold
Prayagraj: Cinema hall owners of Sangam city have sought permission from the entertainment tax department of the district administration for allowing them to re-open the movie theatres from March 11. The fresh request comes in wake of the fact that several Hindi movies are set to release this month and the cinema owners want the Covid-19 hit trade back on track.
Last year, following the ‘Janta curfew’ and the subsequent Covid-19 induced lockdown, all cinema halls across the country were forced to remain shut.
After the lockdown phase was over, cinema halls of the city and that of the state were permitted to start functioning but with some riders. However, only PVR and Star World were functional in the city while single-window cinema halls remained closed as no new movie of any big banner was released. The ones who opened their screens were showing only old movies. Later, the government allowed the cinema halls to operate at full capacity from the third