Strike Update: No solution yet, strike enters fourth week

By Taran Adarsh Bollywood Hungama News Network

There's no concrete solution yet to the ongoing crisis. The producers/distributors and multiplexes have yet to reach a consensus over several thorny issues that have snowballed into a major issue.

The multiplexes have been meeting amongst themselves almost everyday, trying to come up with a solution that would be acceptable to producers/distributors. A meeting between the warring factions is expected to take place next week. Let's see what comes out of it.

If the delay in arriving at a solution comes out by, say, next week, it will take another 6-7-8 weeks for big-budget films to arrive in cinemas, since that's the time it takes to hype a film prior to its release. Which means, there might not be a major release till mid-June.

Meanwhile, Studio 18 has revived GHAJINI and UTV has opened DEV D at several single screens across Mumbai and other centres, avoiding the national chain of multiplexes completely.

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