Kolkata: After three months of closing, the state on Thursday allows the cinema in Bengal to reopen with a capacity of 50% seating and compliance with the Covid protocol from July 31.
However, reopened may still need time.
Director Raj Chakraborty said, “The first notice on Thursday has spent points about the reopening of the cinema.
We are grateful that even so busy in Delhi, our main minister listens to Tollywood’s request to remove restrictions from the cinema.
Additional notice is issued about this later.” Piya Sengupta , The President’s Motion Indian Image Association (Eimpa) of the President, who has written to CM on this issue on July 1, thanked him and added, “We are grateful that our minister, Aroop Biswas, supports our goals.” The chairman of the exhibition of Eimpa Ratan Saha has held a meeting of all single exhibitors in Eimpa on Monday.
“Some exhibitors do not have cash to pay contributions to the distributors and availability of staff and infrastructure must be guaranteed.
We can consider opening from August 6 if all members agree,” said Saha.
Multiplex too, happy with the news.
“We will evaluate our preparations and will look for operations in all 16 cinemas in the earliest Bengal on the basis of operational readiness.
Considering Bengal Significance in the National Business Landscape inox, this decision will ensure a faster return to the company,” said Amitava Guha Thakurta , Regional Director in INOX (East).
Sujit Kumar Bhukta, GM (East) Carnival Cinema, was looking at “reopening stage” from 5.
August and Satadeep Saha exhibition participants said, “We have formed a committee at Eimpa with eight members who will promote the appearance of the cinema in the cinema.
We will soon be Releasing content on social media to encourage people to return to the cinema.
“However, city exhibition participants preferred to wait until a stable flow of Bollywood and Tollywood content was available.
Actor Rituparna Sengupta said, “The lack of Bollywood content should not lead at closing again.
Tollywood has an independent existence that must be respected.” The owner of Jaya Cinema Banik Manik said, “My cinema was partly burned on July 2 but one auditorium was fine.
If Maharashtra Produce enough content, I will want to reopen.
There is a great chance of cinema outside Kolkata who want to reopen before by filtering Hindi or Bengali films.
The owner of the cinema Banjhaman Madhusudan Das said, “It might be expensive for us to agree to the terms and conditions New film screening.
But we need to pay for our staff and maintain the hall.
I want to reopen with old content.
“The state on Thursday, however, extended Covid restrictions until August 15 and asked all to obey the night sidewalk, which came into force since Saturday, starting at 9pm to 5 in the morning.
But it provides relaxation to government programs held indoors with capacity seating up to 50%.
(With input from debashis konar)