MUMBAI (Reuters) – After a fortnight of playing to near empty cinemas, Bollywood is breathing a sigh of relief as a new Shah Rukh Khan film pulls in audiences in a city still recovering from November’s deadly attacks.
Cinema audiences in movie-mad Mumbai fell to a trickle in the aftermath of last month’s terror attacks in which 179 people were killed.
“People were so scared and the mood was so low that watching a movie at a theater was out of the question,” said industry analyst Amod Mehra.
“In the last two weeks, theatres have been running empty, more so in Mumbai, but also in the rest of the country.”
But Khan, Bollywood’s most bankable star, has worked his magic at the box-office. Read rest of article here.
