‘RRR’, ‘83’ to suffer as Delhi shuts down Cinema Halls to curb COVID cases?

Trade analysts say Delhi City contributes 7-8 percent of Bollywood's revenue, but their fear is that what happens in the Capital is soon replicated elsewhere, starting with Gurugram and Noida.

Mumbai: Just as the industry had started celebrating the huge box-office successes of ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ and the Allu Arjun-starrer ‘Pushpa: Part I’, and the much-hyped release of the Ranveer Singh-led Kabir Khan film, ‘83’, the Delhi government's order on Tuesday shutting down cinema theatres and multiplexes has come as a big jolt.

The Arvind Kejriwal government took the decision after the Covid-19 positivity rate in the capital rose alarmingly to 0.55 percent on Sunday and 0.68 percent on Monday. It was a part of its yellow alert drill under the Covid Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP).

The makers of the Shahid Kapoor-starrer "Jersey" have already announced that they are postponed the cricket drama's release, which had been slated for Friday, December 31.