Coronavirus: India Shuts Down Film & TV Production As More Cinemas Go Dark; Amitabh Bachchan Urges Fans Not To Gather

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Coronavirus: India Shuts Down Film & TV Production As More Cinemas Go Dark; Amitabh Bachchan Urges Fans Not To Gather
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India is to shut down film and TV production from March 19-31, in a bid to slow down the spread of the coronavirus. The move, which is likely to cost the country millions of dollars, was agreed by …

Producers already on shoots both in India and overseas have been given three days to wrap up work. Among the productions impacted are Viacom18 Motion Pictures’Bollywood releases more than 1,000 movies each year but a handful of big movies due to be released in coming weeks have now been pushed back.

A rising number of cinemas are going dark across the country in response to the health crisis. Kerala, with a population of 35m, is among states to shutter cinemas. Indian capital Delhi has done the same.Meanwhile, Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan has asked fans not to gather outside his house in Mumbai. The gatherings have become a fan ritual every Sunday but Bachchan has asked fans to “take precautions and be safe”.

T 3470 – To all Ef and well wishers an earnest request !PLEASE DO NOT COME TO JALSA GATE TODAY .. SUNDAY MEET am not going to come !Sunday का दर्शन Jalsa पे cancel है , कृपया कोई वहाँ जमा ना हों आज श्याम को ।

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