On Sunday, the makers of Sooryavanshi announced that the Akshay Kumar-starrer will hit the marquee on April 30, thus ending its year-long wait. Some may argue that the situation is far from ideal for a big-ticket release. Though the Centre allowed theatres to operate at 100 per cent occupancy from February 1 — a move that was implemented in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, among other states — cinemas in Maharashtra have been running at 50 per cent seating capacity as they await the green signal from the state government.

Shibasish Sarkar