As the Pongal festivity dates are nearing, fans have been waiting to catch their favourite actors Thalapathy Vijay in Master on January 13 and STR in Eeswaran on January 14 on the big screens.
But the actors wanted to do something special for their fans and accordingly actor Vijay had met the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Edapadi Palaniswami, recently and requested theatres should be allowed to open with 100 percent occupancy.
Even this morning, STR had taken to his social media and issued a statement in which he also had requested that the theatres should be allowed to open with 100 percent occupancy.
And now, it turns out that the requests have been heeded to and the the government has permitted to increase the seating capacity of cinemas, theatres and multiplexes from existing 50% to 100% by following the standard operating procedure issued already. Further, in order to create awareness among the spectators, the precautionary measures for COVID-19 shall also be screened during the show time.