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Like all other entertainment centers, Star Cineplex, a popular theater in the Bashundhara shopping complex in Dhaka, was closed for seven months.
When the government allowed theaters to open, several cinemas in Dhaka started the ‘shows’ again starting on August 16. Star Cineplex opened a week later.
At present, tickets are being sold for 40 percent of the seats.
The Star Cineplex in the Bashundhara shopping complex had very few visitors amid heavy rains on Friday afternoon.
‘Unpanchash Batas’ directed by Masud Hasan Ujjwal was released in Hall-1 at 1pm. Hall-3 shows the Hollywood movie Bloodshot, while Hall-5 shows Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’. The Disney action movie ‘Mulan’ is screening in Hall-6.
The first day, there weren’t many people at the box office. The staff was reminding him not to enter without a mask.
Hand sanitizer was seen at the entrance. There is constant monitoring to see if everyone is following the hygiene rules.
An official said disinfectants were sprayed at the end of each show. They are trying to disinfect everything from chairs to rugs.
Four university students Farzana Hasan, Farida Akhtar, Mili Chowdhury and Farida Kaniz Lipi arrived at the Cineplex even in the rain.
Farzana told bdnews24.com, “Somehow we have to stay home during the epidemic. Fearing the virus, she refused to leave the house. I have convinced my parents that Star Cineplex has opened. ”
He said the four of them have seen the new movie ‘Ninety-Five Winds’. What kind of entertainment is there? “
Mill Chowdhury said: “Come see the images because the cineplex is clean. Otherwise, our Guardians would not have accepted anything. “
He said the tickets were in the same series, but they had to sit at a distance.
Speaking to Cineplex officials, it emerged that 100 tickets were sold for the movie ‘Unpanchash Batas’ at the first show at noon. The other two foreign films have had a relatively large audience. 124 tickets were sold at the Mulan show at noon.
After purchasing tickets for Mulan, Rifat Newaz said that even though the movie theater was opened, the ‘very good’ movie was not being released at the time. So he came to see Hollywood movies with his friends.
“You no longer feel well inside the house, the fear of the coronavirus is also outside. Even then, I came out of fear. “
Anagona of people who came to shop at Bashundhara Mall was also in front of Star Cineplex. Many were sitting in the food court and eating lunch.
Nazrul Islam, a civil servant in a private company, took his wife and two children shopping. I spoke to them at the Bashundhara food court.
Nazrul said: “I see a lot of people in the market. Especially the Young Generation. They eat snacks, but the audience is smaller when it comes to movies. Because you know what No good photos are being posted now.
“I also wanted to see a photo. But my lady did not agree. What else to do. I’ll be coming home after shopping. “
The Star Cineplex journey began in 2004 from the town of Bashundhara on Panthapath. They have three more multiplexes in the capital at Border Square in Dhanmondi and SK Tower in Mohakhali.
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