Ratan Saha

Boards of two multinational restaurant chains—KFC and Pizza Hut—have come up on the facade of The Regal, leading cine-lovers to wonder if the 1932 single-screen theatre will finally be shut down.

Diwali has turned into a make-or-break time for theatres in Bengal after the state allowed 70% occupancy. The festival will see the release of the biggest line-up of three movies — Rajinikanth’s ‘Annatthe’, ‘Sooryavanshi’ starring Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Ajay Devgn and Ranveer Singh, and the American superhero film ‘Eternals’ — since the pandemic broke out. That effectively means a litmus test for audience’s interest in the big screen in the absence of alternate seating arrangement.

'The Kerala Story' movie is being screened in only one theatre in West Bengal but it is evoking a good response from the audience, an official of the Eastern India Motion Picture Association (EIMPA) said on Thursday.

The physical edition of the 27th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) will be held from January 7 this year. KIFF chairperson Raj Chakraborty said, “We will abide by the government notification. KIFF will be held maintaining all health protocols.

The story revolves around an elite team from Intelligence Bureau who are tasked to locate and destroy a criminal gang who are carrying out dangerous operations in and around Kolkata and along the border area.

A request was made to immediately refund the pending government rebate to exhibitors who have been paying the SGST from their own pocket. If the government doesn’t resolve these issues by February 15, the letter said Bengal exhibitors will be forced to collect the entire CGST and SGST from the patrons.

KOLKATA: Never mind if police have requested Puja organisers to keep Osama bin Laden out of pandal lighting, the attack on the World Trade Center has crept into a music cassette and a CD, set to be released within a week.

The state government on Thursday assured the 250-odd single-screen theatre exhibitors that their GST rebate will be refunded to them by next month.

A gang of robbers on Friday broke into a car parking zone, stabbed two security guards and injured two others at Moina near Barasat in North 24-Parganas.

According to eyewitnesses, two motorbike-borne youths, suspected to be ACMA cadres, forcefully picked up Saha from NH-31 (C) when he was going towards Tanda Bazar on a bicycle.