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Cinemas in several parts of the country opened after seven months on Thursday with a few film enthusiasts venturing warily into movie watching in a COVID-19 ‘contactless' era of alternate seating, 50 per cent capacity and packaged snacks. While theatres and multiplexes remain closed in states like Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Chhattisgarh, they opened in several places, including Delhi and parts of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, with stringent dos and don'ts in keeping with the new normal. (AP Photo)
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It was a quiet reopening with just a scattered few overcoming their COVID fears to trickle in to watch a mix of regional and Hindi reruns such as "Chhichhore", "Thappad" and "Tanhaji" besides the new English release "The Spy".(AP Photo)
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PVR, India's largest film exhibitor with 845 screens in 176 properties across 71 cities, said 10 states and four union territories had given their go-ahead. Accordingly, PVR started operations in 487 screens.(AP Photo)
In the national capital, most cinema halls remained closed and a few that reopened attracted very few audience members.(AP Photo) -
PVR Naraina's first show was a special screening of "Thappad" for 40 coronavirus warriors, including doctors and civil defence volunteers, while staff members and their families watched "Tanhaji" at PVR Cinema's at 3C's Mall in Lajpat Nagar.(AP Photo)
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Cinepolis and INOX, the other big players in the business, started showing films from Thursday with an emphasis on safety measures, including stringent sanitising and social distancing. (PTI Photo)
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PVR Ltd Joint Managing Director Sanjeev Bijli said the next two weeks will be a trial run for the theatre chain but the cinema business will bounce back. (AP Photo)
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Besides mandatory temperature checks, masks and touch-free hand sanitisers, multiplexes have gone digital with e-tickets instead of traditional paper tickets, self-check in with QR codes, sharing of the auditorium's seat chart and location of the seat and online ordering of food and beverages. (PTI Photo)
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India has a around 8,750 screens. Of these, 3,100 are in multiplexes and 5,650 are single screens operating mostly in small tier II, III and below cities. Many cinema halls closed even before the lockdown started. (AP Photo)
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