Recovery dims for film exhibition biz in April amid fresh Covid-19 curbs

Now, many of them are counting on Eid in mid-May for fresh content to return, including the much-anticipated Salman-Khan-starrer Radhe

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cinema multiplex | Indian movies | Economic recovery

Viveat Susan Pinto  |  Mumbai 

The spate of localised lockdowns in Maharashtra, Delhi, and other parts of the country has hit the domestic film exhibition business in April, an important period in the summer season.

Producers of big-budget movies Thalaivi and Sooryavanshi, starring Kangana Ranaut and Akshay Kumar, respectively, have joined five other film-makers to postpone their April releases, leaving silver screens dark for the month. Multiplex operators, who were seeing recovery rates of 20-25 per cent in terms of ticket sales in the January-March period due to a combination of Hindi, English, and regional-language ...

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First Published: Sat, April 17 2021. 06:10 IST
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