Award Shows Called Off, Angrezi Medium To Re-Release: Bollywood Loses Rs 400 Crore To Coronavirus
release of Akshay Kumars Sooryavanshi postponed Angrezi Medium will re-release when it is safe to do so box office has crashed award shows including Zee Cine Awards was done indoors with limited celebrities IIFA has been postponed Bollywood is also taking small steps in preparations for the impact coronavirus pandemic has created in the country.
Release of Akshay Kumar's Sooryavanshi has been postponed, Angrezi Medium will re-release "when it is safe to do so", box office has crashed, award shows including Zee Cine Awards was done indoors with limited celebrities, IIFA has been postponed. Bollywood is also taking small steps in preparations for the impact that coronavirus pandemic has created in the country.
In just three months, about 5,100 people have died of coronavirus. About 139,000 cases of Covid-19 have been reported. Two deaths in India have been confirmed as 82 people have contracted the deadly virus.
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Here's how Bollywood is dealing with it!
#1 Filmmaker Homi Adajania has confirmed that Irrfan Khan starrer Angrezi Medium will be re-released soon.
Homi Adajania has confirmed that #AngreziMedium will re-release when it is safe to do so! Very wise decision. pic.twitter.com/R0YQuEHlHL
¡ª Ciara (@Ciara2460) March 13, 2020
#2 While the theatres in Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and Kerela remained shut, Angrezi Medium could only mint Rs 4.03 crores on first day of its release.
#AngreziMedium Fri ? 4.03 cr. #India biz.
¡ª taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) March 14, 2020
Note: Biz has been severely affected due to closure of cinema halls in several states. #CoronaVirus #COVID19
#3 After Sooryavashi, release date of Jayeshbhai Jordaar and Toofaan have also been pushed further.
In the interest of both films and to ensure an ideal theatrical release, #AdityaChopra & @ritesh_sid have decided to release their films on different dates. YRF will release #JayeshbhaiJordaar on 2nd October and @excelmovies will release #Toofaan on 18th September 2020.
¡ª Yash Raj Films (@yrf) March 13, 2020
#4 IIFA awards postponed, Zee Cine Awards 2020 took place with no live audience
After IIFA awards which were supposed to take place in Indore, Zee Cine Awards ceremony took place in a closed hall with limited celebs and with no audience. It will be telecasted as pre-recorded ceremony.
"As a measure of precaution on account of the continuing concern over the Covid-19, the ceremony for Zee's annual film awards property - Zee Cine Awards 2020 stands cancelled for general public to avoid mass gatherings. Instead, the awards will now be shot as a televised event. We would like to assure the fans who had purchased tickets for the event through our associates and partners that they will be refunded at the earliest. Our viewers and fans can now look forward to catching their favourite Bollywood celebrities during the telecast on March 28 on Zee TV and Zee Cinema. Additionally, viewers can also catch these awards before TV on Zee5," a statement issued by Zee TV and Zee Cinema read.
#5 Because of release dates being pushed and limited release to Angrezi Medium, Bollywood has already borne the loss of about Rs 400 crores (over $54 million) for the Bollywood industry, according to a report.
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#6 Dance reality shows including India¡¯s Best Dancer to reportedly shoot without live audience.
#7 Salman Khan and Hrithik Roshan have cancelled US tours.
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