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Covid-19 impact: Curtains for some cinema screens

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cinema screens may never light up again, as more than four months of closure and uncertainty over reopening prompt many of them to down shutters forever.

The worst-hit will be single-screen cinemas, which may not be able to bear the additional costs of safety and hygiene whenever they are allowed to open.According to trade experts, since the beginning of the lockdown, 10-12% of cinemas have shut down permanently, a number which could rise to 15-20%, if they remain closed longer.India had 6,327 single screens and 3,200 multiplexes as of 2019, according to the latest Ficci-EY media and entertainment industry report.“The film exhibition sector is in a mess, thanks to the combination of an indefinite delay in making films, in addition to the.

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