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House Full Cinema Halls in Kashmir: Jammu and Kashmir is now running shoulder to shoulder with other states of India. The audience has returned to watch the film in the valley. A huge crowd of people is being seen at the cinema hall. INOX's Honor Vikas Dhar talks to Zee News.

Jammu and Kashmir is now walking shoulder to shoulder with other states of India. Cinema halls have also returned to the valley. A new era of Bollywood has started in Baramulla, Kashmir.

The top court was hearing a batch of pleas challenging the direction given by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. The bench said whether or not to see a movie is entirely the choice of the viewer and, if he or she seeks to enter a cinema hall, they have to abide by the terms and conditions subject to which the entry is granted.

Entire Bollywood came under the wraps of Corona, 1000 crores were at stake due to the closure of cinema halls in many states!

The six districts where the restrictions will be applicable are Karnal, Panipat, Kurukshetra, Yamunanagar, Rohtak and Jhajjar. The restrictions were imposed in Gurgaon, Faridabad, Ambala, Panchkula and Sonipat from January 2 to 12.

The Maharashtra government took the decision to reopen the cinema halls which were closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic as the numbers of Covid-19 cases are coming down in the state.

On Saturday, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had made the announcement that all theatres and cinema halls will be allowed to reopen from October 22 New standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the same will be announced soon.

Shreyas believes that the charm and love for cinema would never die, because even after TV, CDs, DVDs and now OTT The actor will next be seen in 'Manu Aur Munni Ki Shaadi' and Mahesh Manjrekar's Marathi love story 'Mrigtrishna'

At the same time, the Bengal government on Thursday evening announced that all cinema halls in the state can operate with 50% seating capacity, with proper COVID protocols at work place. 

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This decision which was earlier taken following a request from the Kannada film industry. 

In its latest set of guidelines, the government had allowed cinema halls to operate at a higher capacity. The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting issued a new set of SOPs to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus.

Tamil Nadu government allowed the decision to increase the seating capacity of multiplexes after the film stars such as Vijay requested to grant the permission before Pongal. Tamil Nadu is going to have its assembly elections later this year. According to the guideline given by the Union Home Ministry, 50 per cent occupancy in the cinema theatres outside the containment zone is allowed.

An order from the Tamil Nadu Government now permits 100% occupancy in cinema halls across the state. This latest announcement comes a week ahead of the Pongal festival. It is to be noted that Assembly elections are due in a few months.

Himanshu Kumar from Bihar's Saran, who has been working at a multiplex in Bengaluru as an electrician for two years, had his payment reduced to 40 per cent during the lockdown and is still not getting his due. Arijit Shil used to work as a security guard at a multiplex in Madhyamgram in the outskirts of Kolkata, but he lost his job after theatres shut down. While cinema hall and multiplex owners wait for the audience to turn up, workers at these properties are busy figuring out how to earn their bread.

Maharashtra has announced a major decision on reopening of cinema halls, multiplexes, swimming pools, yoga institutes and playing of indoor sports. All these establishments were closed since lockdown was imposed to contain coronavirus in March.

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The ticket prices have been reduced by 75 per cent to woo the audience back. According to the management, six shows will be run at PVR on the first day.

Under Unlock 5, cinema halls and theatres across the country are all set to reopen after staying shut for almost seven months amid lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic. Theatres and cinema halls will start functioning from October 15 with new rules and restrictions. Now if you go to watch a movie, the way or style is going to change.