Maharashtra Multiplexes

Officials of Maharashtra Police on Sunday evening detained nine people, accused of sloganeering and pelting stones in front of a multiplex screening the movie 'Pathaan' in Maharashtra's Thane, police said.

During the day, PVR share price surged 9 per cent to₹1,212.50 apiece while those of Inox Leisure jumped over 5.5 per cent to ₹279.40 apiece.The Maharashtra government has allowed cinema halls, multiplexes as well as drama theatres to operate with a 50 per cent seating capacity.

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said that the state cabinet will hold a meeting to discuss issue of allowing malls, pubs, multiplexes to remain open 24x7 and accordingly the government will take a decision on the need to increase police force.

The Maharashtra government on Friday announced that starting August 1, moviegoers would be free to carry their own snacks to multiplexes - and netizens are celebrating with jokes and memes.

Maharashtra Food and Civil Supplies Minister Ravindra Chavan on Friday assured the state legislature that "there is no ban on patrons carrying outside food to multiplexes but if the multiplex authorities prohibit it, they could face action".

The Bombay High Court today asked the Maharashtra government why it could not regulate the prices of food items being sold at exorbitant rates in multiplexes across the state.

The attack on a school bus in Gurgaon during Thursday's protests against screening of Padmaavat movie was "very serious but there are also incidents which are blown out of proportion", Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told NDTV.

The Bombay High Court today directed the Maharashtra government to file a reply to a PIL challenging the prohibition on carrying outside food into movie theatres and multiplexes across the state.

Congress party workers stalled its screening of Indu Sarkar at some theatres and multiplexes in Mumbais Thane, Nanded, Nashik and Jalgaon districts. However, the shows resumed later amid tight police security.

Producers of the upcoming movie 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' met Mumbai's top police officials today seeking protection for the theatres which are going to screen the film. Raj Thackeray's party - the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena or MNS has threatened to vandalise multiplexes if they screen Karan Johar's film because it features a Pakistani actor. There has ...

The Maharashtra Legislature Principal Secretary has issued a notice to writer and socialite Shobhaa De, asking her to explain her tweets on the state government's decision to make it mandatory for multiplexes to screen Marathi movies during prime time.

In the face of a huge backlash, the Maharashtra government today revised its order forcing multiplexes to screen a Marathi film every evening; instead, anytime between 12 and 9 pm has been declared acceptable.

The BJP government in Maharashtra yesterday ordered that Mumbai multiplexes reserve a screen between six and nine pm every day to show a Marathi film. Bollywood debates on Twitter

All multiplex cinemas in Mumbai will have to screen a Marathi film during peak business hours every evening, the Maharashtra government said on April 7

The Maharashtra government has ordered that Marathi films must be shown during prime time in multiplexes.

Officials of Maharashtra Police on Sunday evening detained nine people, accused of sloganeering and pelting stones in front of a multiplex screening the movie 'Pathaan' in Maharashtra's Thane, police said.

During the day, PVR share price surged 9 per cent to₹1,212.50 apiece while those of Inox Leisure jumped over 5.5 per cent to ₹279.40 apiece.The Maharashtra government has allowed cinema halls, multiplexes as well as drama theatres to operate with a 50 per cent seating capacity.

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said that the state cabinet will hold a meeting to discuss issue of allowing malls, pubs, multiplexes to remain open 24x7 and accordingly the government will take a decision on the need to increase police force.

The Maharashtra government on Friday announced that starting August 1, moviegoers would be free to carry their own snacks to multiplexes - and netizens are celebrating with jokes and memes.

Maharashtra Food and Civil Supplies Minister Ravindra Chavan on Friday assured the state legislature that "there is no ban on patrons carrying outside food to multiplexes but if the multiplex authorities prohibit it, they could face action".

The Bombay High Court today asked the Maharashtra government why it could not regulate the prices of food items being sold at exorbitant rates in multiplexes across the state.

The attack on a school bus in Gurgaon during Thursday's protests against screening of Padmaavat movie was "very serious but there are also incidents which are blown out of proportion", Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told NDTV.

The Bombay High Court today directed the Maharashtra government to file a reply to a PIL challenging the prohibition on carrying outside food into movie theatres and multiplexes across the state.

Congress party workers stalled its screening of Indu Sarkar at some theatres and multiplexes in Mumbais Thane, Nanded, Nashik and Jalgaon districts. However, the shows resumed later amid tight police security.

Producers of the upcoming movie 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' met Mumbai's top police officials today seeking protection for the theatres which are going to screen the film. Raj Thackeray's party - the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena or MNS has threatened to vandalise multiplexes if they screen Karan Johar's film because it features a Pakistani actor. There has ...

The Maharashtra Legislature Principal Secretary has issued a notice to writer and socialite Shobhaa De, asking her to explain her tweets on the state government's decision to make it mandatory for multiplexes to screen Marathi movies during prime time.

In the face of a huge backlash, the Maharashtra government today revised its order forcing multiplexes to screen a Marathi film every evening; instead, anytime between 12 and 9 pm has been declared acceptable.

The BJP government in Maharashtra yesterday ordered that Mumbai multiplexes reserve a screen between six and nine pm every day to show a Marathi film. Bollywood debates on Twitter

All multiplex cinemas in Mumbai will have to screen a Marathi film during peak business hours every evening, the Maharashtra government said on April 7

The Maharashtra government has ordered that Marathi films must be shown during prime time in multiplexes.