"Not Working Out": Theatres Struggle Week After Karnataka Allows 100% Occupancy
NDTV
Karnataka government allowed theatres in districts having less than 1 per cent positivity rate of Covid cases to run at full capacity.
Cinema halls in Karnataka are struggling to pull in viewers a week after the state government allowed 100 per cent occupancy in theatres and pubs.
On October 1, the Karnataka government had allowed theatres and pubs in districts having less than 1 per cent positivity rate of Covid cases to run at full capacity.
Dattatreya, who manages Triveni theatre in Bengaluru's Majestic area, said that people are still wary of coming to a cinema hall due to the ongoing Covid pandemic.
"Now it has opened up more, a few people are coming to the theatre. But people are still frightened because of Covid. They are coming slowly - it may be about 50% full now. It will take 6 months or a year to come back to normal," Dattatreya told NDTV.