GUWAHATI: The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has recommended to the Union Home Ministry that cinema halls all over the country be allowed to reopen in August.
The Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Secretary, Amit Khare, indicated this at a closed-door industry interaction with the CII Media Committee on July 24. He said the Home Ministry Secretary Ajay Bhalla, will take the final call on this matter.
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Khare has indicated that he has recommended for reopening of cinema halls in the month of August. He said that theatres may be allowed to reopen all over India as early as August 1 or at the latest, around August 31.
However, the cinema hall owners present in the interaction pushed back and said this formula is unwise and merely running films at 25 percent auditorium capacity is worse than keeping the theatres shut.
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