Multiplexes appear ready to heal as curtains lift after long interval

According to industry experts, the absence of any new major release from Indian production houses is the biggest challenge multiplex operators face

In the words of Joni Mitchell, you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone. Maybe a year without theatres reminds us of what we had, and what we can still have, again. Multiplex and single screen theatre operators’ long wait to welcome audiences back seems finally over.

With key markets like the National Capital Region (NCR), Maharashtra, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh allowing the curtains to lift on what was once a source of collective entertainment and escapism, but now seen as Petri dish for the virus, operators may now expect the turnstiles to spin again. But their recovery is still