Recently, the government gave a verdict allowing Indian theatres to run at 100 per cent occupancy once again. This news has naturally left the industry folk buzzing as it finally seems financially viable to release films in theatres again. Many might know, but veteran actor Sunny Deol had a big part to play in the decision.
According to a leady daily, the actor met with several officers in order to discuss the future of cinemas. A source close to the actor revealed, “It was Sunny Deol who led the delegation from the film industry and met Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of India, Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Amit Khare, Secretary, I & B Ministry and Anurag Thakur, Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs, a few days back. He requested them to consider the request for allowing theatres to function at greater than 50% occupancy, and preferably at 100% itself, He was joined by Kamal Gianchandani, President, Multiplex Association of India, Sanjeev Bijli, MD PVR and Nitin Tej Ahuja, CEO of The Producers Guild of India. The Ministers were kind enough to patiently listen to the argument and assured Sunny sir that they would take this into consideration and pass on a resolution soon. At the end of the day, the whole movie business helps everyone in the supply chain. It is only going to help the economy further as the money generated by sales of movie tickets keeps the business going for one and all.”
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