India, Poland and some territories in the Middle East are the latest areas where movie theaters are rapidly being shuttered as the the World Health Organization on Wednesday declared a global coronavirus pandemic.
In India, individual states are implementing closure of moviegoing venues. On Tuesday, Pinarayi Vijayan, the Chief Minister of the Southern Indian state of Kerala, which has a population of more than 35 million, called for cinemas to shut down.
The Kerala Film Producers’ Association immediately agreed. Meanwhile the release of big budget multi-lingual epic “Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea”, starring South Indian superstar Mohanlal, has been postponed.
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