Movie industry incurs Rs 27m loss
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KATHMANDU, MAY 09 - Like other sectors, the movie industry also bore the brunt of the Maoist strike that kicked in all across the country for six consecutive days.
The strike caused a loss of “about Rs. 27 million” to the movie industry. There are around 250 cinema halls operating across the country, including 35 in the Kathmandu Valley.
It has been estimated that theatres nationwide failed to collect around Rs. 4-4.5 million in a day and the cumulative loss reached around Rs. 27 million in six days. The daily sales turnover of film halls in the Capital stands at around Rs. 2 to Rs. 2.5 million and outside the valley is around Rs. 2 million, according to film distributors.
The strike also postponed the screening of around half a dozen Nepali movies in queue, including ‘Hifajat’, ‘Dosti’, ‘Daag’, and ‘Buba Aama’.
Similarly, Bollywood releases such as ‘Apartment’, ‘Prince’ and ‘Phook-2’ and Hollywood’s ‘Avatar’ in 3D version were halted.
Nakim Udin, a promoter of Quest Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. runing Kumari and Jai Nepal film halls in Kathmandu, said his company incurred a loss of Rs. 200,000 daily during the strike. “We could not screen the much-awaited Bolly-wood release ‘Houseful’,” he said.
The shooting and post-production work of many movies were also postponed. Shooting of Sovith Basnet’s ‘Kanyadan’ came to a virtual halt. His movie was in mixing phase. “By this time, we would have already completed mixing, but now we are starting it from tomorrow,” Basnet said.
Chabi Raaj Ojha’s ‘Hifajat’ had to halt the screening of his movie. “Our production house suffered a loss of Rs.1.6 million during the banda,” he said. Manoj Rathi, who distributes Nepali cinema outside Kathmandu, said the release of ‘Hifajat’ and ‘Dosti’ was severely hit.
Posted on: 2010-05-09 09:42
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