MOVIE INDUSTRY TO MISS THE BIG BUSINESS THIS SUMMER

Due to the decision, the summer will not be a conducive period for the movie industry, as big-ticket films that are slated to release in the month of April will be postponed. April and May are an important period for cinema and other recreation industries as families, schoolgoers and professionals will be seeking time off from their hectic lives.

This year's summer period had a lot of highly anticipated films that were lining up for a release, which include the Vijay starrer Master, Ponmagal Vanthal which features Jyothika playing the lead role. Several Hollywood summer films (Black Widow, No Time to Die) have postponed their release dates in advance due to the outbreak.

In Bollywood, makers of the sports biopic 83 announced that they will be postponing the film's release. In Malayalam, Fahadh Faasil's much-awaited political film Malik was also slated to release in April. Film industries will be witnessing an unprecedented financial crisis in the coming weeks, as the big summer releases won't be seeing the light of the day.