MUMBAI: The terror attacks in Mumbai have hit the entertainment industry.The single screen movie halls and multiplexes were closed on Thursday after Mumbai police commissioner asked the management to keep their properties shut amid security concerns.
Even TV shoots were largely off in Mumbai.
On Friday, however, TV shoots were on and major cinemas and multiplexes have reopened. Among those who stayed shut include Regal, Eros, Metro Big Cinema, Liberty, New Excelsior, New Empire and Inox situated in South Mumbai.
Out of the three films that were scheduled for release today, Rohan Sippy’s English flick The President Is Coming is set for a new deadline.
UTV Motion Pictures and Sanjay Suri, however, have gone ahead with their release of Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye and Sorry Bhai.
UTV‘s Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye and Sorry Bhai released all over India, including Mumbai. The film will also be available in the closed theatres once they open up for screenings. “We have released the film all over India and Mumbai, wherever the cinemas are open,” says UTV Motion Pictures CEO Siddharth Roy Kapur.
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