Kolkata: A Salman Khan Fan, a senior citizen, Tollywood actor and this diverse group has one thing in common.
They all flocked to the cinema to watch movies on Thursday, the first day of the hall in the city reopened after the Long Covid-Safety break.
Four Inox and Star Theater properties resume businesses, with safety steps in place, while the rest will be reopened only after there is a stable new release flow.
Considering Thursday is a working day for the most part, the response seems encouraging for the owner of the hall.
INOX Metro opened on February 20 this year and closed on 1.
May in accordance with government orders, 50% of 420 tickets at The Esplanade Theater available for viewers.
Gulshanara Khatun actor, who witnessed the afternoon showed ‘suicide squad’ there, showing watching movies on home theater could not match the sensation of watching action movies with a computer graph with Dolby’s digital sound.
“All safety protocols are maintained.
I am very connected so that I didn’t even realize when my popcorn was empty,” he said.
He seemed to see young people, who might be connected to OTT, visiting the cinema.
“I saw several young couples who entered Nandan for the night show.
It was a positive sign for us involved with the film industry.
We are recording a movie with the hope that one day people will watch them in the cinema,” he said.
Citizen Senior Prodyot Kumar Basak has read in the newspaper about the reopening.
The TollyGunge resident went far to the Esplanade to watch ‘Suicide’ forces.
Practice sneaks out of college classes to catch a film seems to continue in normal new.
Among the viewers were a boy, who decided to give his online class to visit the theater.
Akash Mitra (23), who watched the first show in downtown Inox 1, traveled from Deshapriya Park to Salt Lake.
“The theater was cleaned.
It was a refreshing experience for me,” he said.
At The Star Theater, Manish Upadhyay, along with three friends, appeared during the day to watch the submission of ‘Radhe’ Salman Khan.
“I am a fan of Salman who died hard but did not watch ‘Radhe’ in Ott,” he said.
The number of viewers on the first day might not flatter, but the owner of the theater did not complain.
Joydeep Mukherjee, who has a rental for the Star Theater, said it was “better than expected”.
“In normal times, we don’t have a show because of the absence of customers.
It was a pleasant surprise that without publicity, Hollywood releases and piles of Hindi films got viewers on Thursday …
the risk of I paid off,” he said.
Three INOX properties in Hiland Park, Rajarhat and Darjeeling will be reopened next week.
“All safety protocols have been followed.
Because viewers must separate, cinemas are far more alert about social distance than many public places.
This is a good start and I believe the number will increase once Hindi and Bengali release begins,” said Amitava Guha Thakurta, regional director on INOX (East).