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Maharashtra Allows Cinema Halls To Reopen With 50% Capacity From Oct 22 | SOPs Here

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Maharashtra Lockdown News Today: Giving a big relief to the film industry, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday issued fresh guidelines and allowed the cinema halls in the state to reopen with 50 per cent capacity from October 22. It must be noted that the pandemic had an affected film industry as many movie shoots and theatres across India were halted shut for many months.Also Read - Jammu-Kashmir Issues New COVID Guidelines; Allows Cinema Halls, Multiplexes to Reopen With 25% Seating Capacity

The move to reopen the cinema halls The decision to allow cinema halls to operate came after filmmaker Rohit Shetty and Dr Jayantilal Gada, Chairman and MD of Pen Studios met Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray last month to discuss the reopening of the theatres across the state.

Last month, the Multiplex Association of India (MAI), along with leading multiplex chains PVR and INOX had urged the Maharashtra government to reopen theatres in the state on an urgent basis.