Indore: Cinema Halls, Multiplex remain shut despite permission to reopen
India | August 02, 2021 7:26 ISTEven after the Indore district administration permitted the reopening of cinema halls and multiplexes, they still remain shut.
Even after the Indore district administration permitted the reopening of cinema halls and multiplexes, they still remain shut.
The Delhi government on Saturday had issued orders allowing cinemas/theatres/multiplexes to reopen with 50 per cent capacity from 5 am on July 26.
Delhi battled a brutal second wave of the pandemic that claimed a massive number of lives, with the shortage of oxygen at hospitals across the city adding to the distressing situation.
The UP Cinema Exhibitors Federation had earlier said that cinema halls and multiplexes would reopen from July 9 but the decision has now been changed.
The COVID-19 death toll in Uttar Pradesh rose to 22,640 on Sunday with one more fatality, while 128 new cases pushed the infection count to 17,06,621, according to an official statement issued.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that these places will have to follow all Covid safety protocols when they reopen.
As per new guidelines issued by the Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday in the wake of growing Covid cases, film shooting will only be allowed to function with 50 people or less and the theatres have to be closed by 8pm.
Cinema halls have been shut, and the Maharashtra government has ordered all film and TV shoots to stop immediately. Approximately, Rs100-150 crore is at stake as besides these films shot, there were numerous other films at various stages of production.
The state is now witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases which has forced the authorities to take stringent actions to curb the spread of the disease. The state government increased the penalty amount to Rs 2,000 for the first and second offence for people not wearing masks.
Ghaziabad District Magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey has issued an order directing commercial complexes, cinemas, malls, hotels, restaurants, and parks in Ghaziabad to have a token system for visitors with entry and exit timings and allow people only according to their capacity.
Karnataka government has extended the implication of its order regarding 50 percent seating capacity in cinema halls and it is to be applicable from April 7.
The government of Telangana on Wednesday denied reports that cinema theatres are being shut down in view of the rise in Covid-19 cases in the state.
The big ticket movies were missing and ‘houseful’ signs still a dream but it was nonetheless a landmark Monday for the corona-battered film industry that welcomed the first day in 10 months of cinemas in several states opening their doors to 100 per cent occupancy.
Schools from class 6th to 8th, first and second year classes of colleges and post graduate classes will open across Rajasthan from February 8, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced this while reviewing the status of COVID-19 in the state.
The Government has announced a fresh set of guidelines for cinema theatres, allowing 100 per cent occupancy from Monday but with strict Covid 19 protocols. Filmmakers and the trade alike welcome the move saying it brings relief and encouragement to the film industry, which has been one of the worst hit due to Covid lockdown.
In its last set of guidelines issued earlier this month, the government had allowed cinema halls to operate at a higher capacity. In October 2020, the Centre had allowed cinema halls to operate at 50 per cent seating capacity.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday issued guidelines for surveillance, containment and caution to counter the coronavirus pandemic. The guidelines will be effective from February 1, 2021, and will remain in force upto February 28, 2021.
Multiplex operator Inox Leisures on Wednesday opened three new multiplexes, taking its total count to 150. The Gujarat-based firm has opened two multiplexes in Gurugram having four screens each, and one at Salem (Tamil Nadu) with 3 screens, the company said in a regulatory filing.
The movie theatres in Kerala, which were shut for over 10 months due to COVID-19 induced lockdown, opened on Wednesday
Tamil cinema superstar Vijay's film 'Master' is releasing on January 13.
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