Delhi and Maharashtra, however, together make up over 60% of Hindi box office in the country. “Finally, the Delhi government, as part of further relaxations has allowed cinema halls to reopen from Monday, July 26. Good news for Bollywood, which is planning to start new releases from the August 13 weekend," independent trade analyst Sreedhar Pillai tweeted. Delhi opens tomorrow, hopefully Mumbai will follow by early August along with southern market (except Kerala) for Hollywood biggies to kick start the trade, enabling Bollywood releases," he added. “A good number of cinemas in Maharashtra are in no mood to reopen whenever the state government grants them permission to do so.

Source: Mint July 25, 2021 06:56 UTC