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Small-town India gets a new movie experience. Inflatable cinema halls with Dolby, recliners

Picture Time Digiplex is the king of inflatable cinema. It isn't competing with multiplexes but is offering a quick assemble-dismantle option in small towns & semi-rural areas.

Back to the movies: After decades of closure, Kashmir opens 2 cinema halls on ‘historic’ Sunday

Cinema halls were closed down in Kashmir in the '90s following the spread of terrorism. Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, opened 1 hall each in Shopian & Pulwama districts Sunday.

The Kashmir Files holds no ‘grand truth’ to ‘open your third eye’. It exploits cinema’s flaws

There is a difference between political cinema and politically motivated cinema. The Kashmir Files is the latter.

Have confidence and belief that audiences will come back to cinemas, says PVR head Ajay Bijli

In conversation with ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta on Off The Cuff, Bijli talked of the hardships cinemas faced during the pandemic & why OTT platforms are not a threat.

Maharashtra allows cinema halls, theatres to reopen from 22 October

The decision came after CM Uddhav Thackeray had a meeting with filmmakers Rohit Shetty and Kunal Kapoor, among others.

Delhi Metro, buses to run at full capacity, cinemas halls with 50% occupancy from 26 July

The latest unlock guidelines by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority said business-to-business (B2B) exhibitions will also be allowed, but only with business visitors.

UP govt allows opening of gyms, cinema halls, sports stadiums at 50% capacity from 5 July

Under the new guidelines, gyms, cinema halls will be allowed to open between 7 am to 9 pm five days a week with strict compliance of Covid appropriate behaviour.

I&B Minister Javadekar announces cinema halls will be allowed full occupancy from Monday

All Covid-related protocols will be followed, Prakash Javadekar says, adding that Union home ministry had given its nod to open up cinema halls on 27 January.

What it is like to watch a movie at a theatre now that cinemas have opened after seven months

Alternate seating, with no one directly in front of or behind another person, pre-packed food and longer intervals for more stringent sanitisation are some steps being taken.

Big-screen experience irreplaceable, PVR Cinemas head says as movie halls open across India

In an interview to ThePrint, PVR Cinemas Joint Managing Director Sanjeev Kumar Bijli talks about cinemas opening up after nearly 7 months and how the movie-watching experience will change.

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Armani built a multibillion-dollar global brand from something as simple as an unstructured jacket, and broke down the walls between formal and casual.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

HAL team to visit US this month for talks on joint production of GE 414 engines

The engines are meant for Tejas Mk 2 and the first tranche of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA).

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.