Posted on Jul 17, 2021
India's Single-Screen Cinemas Were Struggling Before COVID-19. Now They're Dying Out
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The slightly rusty metal gates of a single-screen cinema creak as they open to reveal a nearly 100-year-old white building whose curved contours and ziggurat roofline hark back to its Art Deco roots. Big silver letters proclaim its name — Central Plaza — but the letter 'T' is missing.
A placard outside the building says "House Full." The theater has been empty for more than a year, though.
"We've got very good, fond memories of this place, but at the same time it's just not possible to operate anymore," says Sharad Doshi, whose family has owned Central Plaza for more than 50 years. He officially shut the theater last spring.
The slightly rusty metal gates of a single-screen cinema creak as they open to reveal a nearly 100-year-old white building whose curved contours and ziggurat roofline hark back to its Art Deco roots. Big silver letters proclaim its name — Central Plaza — but the letter 'T' is missing.
A placard outside the building says "House Full." The theater has been empty for more than a year, though.
"We've got very good, fond memories of this place, but at the same time it's just not possible to operate anymore," says Sharad Doshi, whose family has owned Central Plaza for more than 50 years. He officially shut the theater last spring.
India's Single-Screen Cinemas Were Struggling Before COVID-19. Now They're Dying Out
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So many business establishments have been killed by this Coronavirus. I'm sure the restaurants worldwide went bankrupt
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel true but the ones that you used to go to they quit if they were close to retiring age or if they didn't live due to succumbing to the disease
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel a couple independent restaurants that are not part of a chain and have really good food are still around and now that they finally lifted the dining restriction, my wife and kids have been going to them.
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