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Will India’s movie theatres pass the Covid-19 litmus test?

Will India’s movie theatres pass the Covid-19 litmus test?

Earlier this month, a bunch of prominent film producers in India decided to release some of their high-profile movies on video streaming apps instead of waiting for cinemas to reopen amid the Covid-19 pandemic. For India, this was a departure from the norm, as in the country, movies typically arrive on over-the-top (OTT) platforms only after they have run in cinemas for weeks, if not months. For over two months now, cinemas across India—around 10,000 single-screen ones and 3,000 multiplexes—have remained shut as most of the country is under lockdown to curtail the spread of coronavirus.