Over 500 of the total 670 theaters opened to the public.
South Indian Super star Vijay's movie, "Master", is the inaugural movie in all the theaters in the state. However in certain theaters, owing to
Mohammed Koya, 34, an avid fan of Vijay while speaking over telephone from Kozhikode said, "We booked the tickets two days prior through an online portal and all the seats were full. However, Apsara theater let us down, two shows have been cancelled. They say they will refund the ticket charge, we don't want that. We want to watch the movie".
Theaters in the state capital Thiruvananthapuram opened with all the shows being booked. However, owing to Covid protocol theaters have been allowed to admit only half the capacity. Every theater has put a gap of one seat and tied ribbon so as to not allow the people to sit in between two seats.
Murugan, owner of a theater group in Thiruvananthapuram told , "It's a great relief. Even though we may get only 25% of the collection owing to distribution charges of the movies, we are happy that the government has allowed the theaters to open. It's a grand gala opening with Vijay movie 'Master'. This makes us doubly happy and all the shows are booked for the next one week."
In Palakkad district which borders
Subramanian Mani, a member of the Vijay fans club while speaking over telephone said, "Vijay is indeed a
Super stars of Malayalam movie industry,
With the theater's opening, there is a long list of movies to be screened in the days to come with Jayasurya starrer, "Vellam" to be screened in select theaters on January 22.
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