MySuru: For most single-screen theater owners Pandemi is the last nail in the coffin.
With uncertainty about business, down with footsteps and lower ticket prices, the livelihood of thousands of employees also hangs balanced.
In Mysuru, the theater will stop filtering films from Friday.
Can be reinstalled from the losses suffered in the past two years, the owner of a single screen cinema room has decided to close the temporary store from January 21.
The owner of Gayathri, Rajkamal, Sangam and Sterling Cinema have made decisions for this effect.
The government’s decision to run a cinema room with only 50% of the seating capacity has come as a big blow “they all tend to stop filtering films because of the prevailing situation,” he said.
Manufacturers and distributors are not advanced to release films because of limiting in seating capacity.
Film screening is only 50% viewers according to the direction of the state government is not enough to survive, he explained.
Before the pandemic, there were 636 theaters in Karnataka including 14 in Mysuru.
Many theaters are closed, because they cannot overcome the falling fall.
“In the early days of the pandemic, we ensured full salary for all our employees and during the second wave we managed to provide 50% of the salary to all our staff.
Only when we thought the situation improved, weekend and night ends forced night forced to accept This phone, “Rajaram added that it can continue to operate for a few more days.
Each theater has around 12 to 25 employees in Karnataka depending on the size of the theater.