TNNLUDHIANA: Two weeks after limiting locking in the city, the cinema and multiplex spaces are still closed and may not open immediately.
The owner of Cinema Hall said they had suffered big losses and would consider operations back only when the government introduced a help package for them.
Varinder Singh Chawla, Multiplex owner, said, “The future of cinema and multiplex business is very uncertain.
We have become the worst locked patients.
During the first wave of Coronavirus, we had to close our operation for eight months and finally allowed to open in November 2020.
After Great costs, we continue the show but receive a very bad response from the community and can not even cover us.
Operational costs.
Now, it will be like a bet to open a cinema room and spend lakh on operation when there is no guarantee that there will be no more locking.
“We have suffered unprecedented losses and cannot come out of financial chaos.
So we want the country and the central government to provide assistance to us and issue aid package for us.
Along with a three-year tax vacation for cinemas and multiplex, We also have to Flower-free loans and guarantees for our business awakening, “he added.
Gursahib Singh, the Pro of A Multiplex, said it was unlike business, it was a very frightening task to restart the operation of the cinema.
“We will make a call in the coming days after taking into account the number of new film releases and Coronavirus cases.” A large number of people employed in the cinema business and multiplex have changed work due to uncertainty.
Punjab Mata Nagar Resident, who works as a cashier in Multiplex, said, “From April 2020 until now, we only work for three to four months.
There is no salary increase because it is not enough business produced by multiplex even to manage costs incurred in operation .
As uncertainty looming in the future of this business, I think it’s better to turn to another job.
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