With the theater in the state will operate at a 100 percent capacity of November 1, the owner hopes that large ticket films that release at the god will help revive the industry.
For Diwali, Annatthe Rajnikanth, produced by sun images, is expected to be released at 900 screens throughout the state.
This is a ray of hope for a single screen theater on the verge of extinction.
“We included the first to turn off the operation when national locking was announced in March last year and the last to rise again,” said N Venkatesh, managing partners, Woodlands cinemas.
The theater owner shows that in the last 18 months, the theater closes all seven months and is operated with 50% occupancy at other times.
“Allow 100% occupancy is a welcome step.
The problem with 50% occupancy is that many cinema viewers are skeptical watching movies in public spaces,” said Tiruppur M Subramaniam, President, Tiar Nadu Theater and the Multiplex owner association.
Approve that the closure of the operation induced by a pandemic has ringed the death bells for a single screen theater, subramatiam and other stakeholders saying that 100 percent of the occupancy alone will not help in making the industry back to its track.
For some theaters, it is their own destruction because of the crowd of films that expect better facilities and cleanliness, especially after Covid-19 as a theater owner who does not focus on cleanliness and cleanliness will not attract the audience, subramaniam said.
N Venkatesh, manage Woodlands Cinemas partners, shows that even during pre-covid time, most of the screen operated with occupancy is only around 30-35% and that the extended shutdown period hit them.
“Because we were closed for months, many additional businesses were affected.
The government must consider giving concessions …
We have been jammed with tax demands from the government.
When you have not allowed us to operate, how do you expect us to pay taxes,” said Association Member theater.