Cinemas across India are to be allowed to reopen from Oct. 15, the national government announced on Wednesday. The move comes despite India’s still swelling number of coronavirus cases.
“Cinemas/ theatres/ multiplexes will be permitted to open with up to 50% of their seating capacity,” said the Home Ministry. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is expected to issue further standard operating procedures which cinema operators will be required to apply.
The process of re-opening is also subject to the decisions of individual states. And the state government of Maharashtra, which includes Mumbai, the home of Bollywood production, issued its own guidelines that keep cinemas closed for longer. The state allowed restaurants, food courts, hotels and bars to reopen from Oct. 5, cinemas, theaters and auditoriums must wait until Oct. 31.
Cinemas in India have been closed since mid-March. And, while some other parts of the economy have been allowed to restart since...
“Cinemas/ theatres/ multiplexes will be permitted to open with up to 50% of their seating capacity,” said the Home Ministry. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is expected to issue further standard operating procedures which cinema operators will be required to apply.
The process of re-opening is also subject to the decisions of individual states. And the state government of Maharashtra, which includes Mumbai, the home of Bollywood production, issued its own guidelines that keep cinemas closed for longer. The state allowed restaurants, food courts, hotels and bars to reopen from Oct. 5, cinemas, theaters and auditoriums must wait until Oct. 31.
Cinemas in India have been closed since mid-March. And, while some other parts of the economy have been allowed to restart since...
- 10/1/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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