34 cinema theatres face shut orders in Mumbai for not screening Marathi films

MUMBAI:The Maharashtra state government has suspended the licenses of 34 cinema houses across Mumbai which include both multiplexes and small screen theatres.

The suspension of the licenses apply to those cinema houses which did not screen any Marathi film for at least four weeks in one year.

Deputy chief minister and home minister RR Patil stated that all theatres were supposed to screen at least one Marathi film for four weeks in a year. However, since a lot of theatres were not abiding by the order, the blackout was called for.

The blackout of these screens range between two to eight days. Thus, while some screens out of the 34 will face suspension for two days, the blackout in the other theatres will range between six to eight days.

The suspension order include single screen theatres like Maratha Mandir, Eros and Sharda and multiplexes like Cinemax (Versova).