Getting back on track Healthy occupancy, enthusiastic bunch of actors to woo the audience and a jovial crowd— looks like cinema is all sett° take its crown back from streaming giants

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OON after the OTT giants announced their impressive line- up of upcoming movies, specials, orig- inals and series, it seems cinema halls I areS now ready to offer a tough competition. The audience is no more content with just Net- flix, as evident from the crowd that showed up for the open- ing of the movie, Roohi. The corona scare is not enough to keep the public out of theatres. Rajkummar Rao holding the tickets of his film Roohi at PVR Plaza in Connaught Place, New Delhi. PTI Promo - ready With promotions in full swing, and Gulshan Grover. On the the star cast of respective ary. Not just the horror come- Numbers are positive tative, on the contrary holds other hand, Sandeep Aur movies has not left a single dy Roohi, but the special A spokesperson from PVR, an opinion that because of Pinky Faraar is a thriller stone unturned to create a screening of the war movie, Elante says, "Numbers Shivratri, many families were starring the Ishaqzaade hype. Janhvi Kapoor and Fauji Calling, was also held at have never been this good busy visiting temples, so the Jodi, Arjun Kapoor and Pari- Varun Sharma, the lead actors Elante wherein Chief Minister since last March when the numbers would peak by the neeti Chopra. of Roohi, also relived the mag- of Haryana, Manohar Lal pandemic broke out. I think evening or on weekends. He Those, who walked out of ic of the big screen by watch- Khattar and other cabinet dig- people are now positive (not adds, "The stage is set, the the theatres after watching ing the film with their fans in nitaries marked their pres- corona) about stepping out response has been great, and the film, say, "It's not about Chandigarh and Mumbai, ence. To show support to the and they have put their trust we are looking forward to the movie now, but the feel- respectively. Janhvi and filmmakers, many states such in PVR cinemas as we have more movie announce- ing of sitting in a theatre and Varun graced the premiere as Haryana, Delhi and Jhark- taken all the measures to have seen close to 300 entries ments in coming weeks. As watching a film with family event on Wednesday night at hand have declared Fauji ensure the safety of the audi- by the afternoon show, which of now, two movies Mumbai and friends after so long was PVR Elante Mall, Chandigarh Calling tax-free. Starring ence. Moreover, since the is promising for the weekend. Saga and Sandeep Aur great." As far as safety is con- to encourage the audience to Sharman Joshi, Ranjha announcement of hundred Not to forget the date coin- Pinky Faraarwill be releas- cerned, not just the staff walk in theatres for the pre- Vikram Singh and Bidita Bag, per cent occupancy, it is only cides with Mahashivratri, ing on March 19." Multi-star- members of the cinema halls fect horror-comedy experi- it is a heartwarming story of a now that a movie of such a big making this holiday an rer Mumbai Saga has John but also the visitors are ence. Janhvi has been shoot- soldier and the turmoil his scale has been released, opportunity for a family out- Abraham, Emraan Hashmi, adhering to the basic ing in Punjab for her next film family goes through when he excluding the Hollywood ing to the nearby mall. Raj Sunil Shetty, Prateik Bab- hygiene—masks, sanitisers Good Luck Jerry since Janu- is in the battlefield. releases." He adds that they Juneja, distributor represen- bar, Rohit Roy, Jackie Shroff and social distancing.