Kangana Ranaut bats for theatrical releases

Kangana Ranaut, whose recent film Thalaivii did not get a release in the multiplexes in Maharashtra, slammed the state government for not easing restrictions on theatre operations due to safety concerns amid the Covid-19 outbreak in India. Maharashtra is one of the key markets for Bollywood films.

“Meanwhile Maharashtra government will keep theatres shut till film industry’s theatres culture completely disappears,” wrote Ranaut on her Instagram Story. “There is a huge backlog of films to be released in theatres but complete lack of concern and strategy to bring producers, artists, distributors and theatres owners out of this plight can be seen in current state government’s indifferent attitude towards the film industry yet Bullywood decides to silently suffer but not question world’s best CM,” she added.