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The Coronavirus cases and casualties might have dwindled drastically. This doesn’t mean audiences are rushing back to movie theatres with stars in their eyes and popcorn bags in their hands. Far from it. Movie theatres all across India wear a bleak barren look, like a ‘kabristan’ as Salman Khan aptly put it.
And it’s not going to get any better in February or March. Shocking as it may sound; there are no fresh releases to be put into movie theatres.
“How long can we survive on leftovers?” a source from one of the leading multiplex chains bemoans. “We are running dubbed version of
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Two days back, the Tamil Nadu Government increased the theatres occupancy from 50% to 100%. The move came a week after actor Vijay and the team of the upcoming film
Master met with the Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami expressing requesting to increase seating capacity.
After the announcement was made, a doctor from Puducherry penned a note to actors Vijay and Simbu expressing his concern over increasing the seat capacity in cinema halls amidst the pandemic. Dr. Aravinth Srinivas, a junior resident at JIPMER, Puducherry as per his Facebook bio wrote an open letter on the peril of opening the theatres to full capacity.