The state made the decision after prominent actors, including Vijay and Silambarasan, requested that the movie theaters be allowed to function at full capacity.
On Monday, the Tamil Nadu government allowed the state’s cinemas to open at 100 percent capacity. The state made the decision after prominent actors, including Vijay and Silambarasan, requested that movie theaters be allowed to function at full capacity, as new films are scheduled to be released during and after the Pongal celebrations. Actor Vijay had personally met with the Chief Minister last week to request a relaxation of existing restrictions. So much the latest Vijay movie Teacher and from Silambarasan Eeswaran Both are expected to launch during the Pongal holidays.
The government claimed that citing the decline in COVID-19 cases, the state’s theater owners associations made a representation seeking an increase in seating capacity in movie theaters and multiplexes. Following your representation, the government has added the following section to the existing permitted activities:
“The seating capacity of cinemas / theaters / multiplexes will be allowed to increase from the current 0% to 100% following the Standard Operating Procedure already issued. Furthermore, in order to raise awareness among viewers, the Covid 19 precautionary measures will also be screened during showtime, ”the government order issued on Monday indicated.
Cinemas, theaters and multiplexes in Tamil Nadu were allowed to reopen as of November 10 with 50% of their seating capacity after the Interior Ministry allowed COVID-19 guidelines to be relaxed.
On December 28, actor Vijay had met with Edappadi Palaniswami during his upcoming release, Master, and the actor, along with others from the film’s team, had requested the Chief Minister to increase the capacity versus the current capacity of the 50 % of seats in cinemas. The film starring Vijay, Vijay Sethupathi, Andrea Jeremiah, Malavika Mohanan and Arjun Das, directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj and produced by Xavier Britto, is set to be the largest release in Tamil after the pandemic.
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