The two releases this Friday _The Batman_ and Amitabh Bachchan’s _Jhund_ are both almost 3 hours in length. This creates huge practical problems for cinema exhibitors, as they would have to reduce the number of shows by nearly half. Personnel from a leading multiplex who doesn’t want to be named says, “It is a good thing for theatrical business that Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s _Gangubai Kathiawadi_ is doing so well. However, the length of the film is 2 hours 32 minutes. So we already have a lengthy film from last week joining two even lengthier films this Friday. Both Bachchan Saab’s Jhund and The Batman are just 2-3 minutes less than 3 hours long. This means we will have to reduce our shows drastically. This is a luxury we call ill-afford at a time when we are just recovering from the crippling Covid blows.” While Jhund and The Batman are just short of 3 hours length, SS Rajamouli’s RRR which is the next big release crosses the playing time of 3 hours by a few minutes. Subhash K Jha is a Patna-based journalist. He’s been writing about Bollywood for long enough to know the industry inside out.
Cinema exhibitors would have to reduce the number of shows by nearly half, owing to the three-hour-long runtime of the two Friday releases, The Batman and Jhund
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Written by Subhash K Jha
Subhash K Jha is a Patna-based journalist. He's been writing about Bollywood for long enough to know the industry inside out. see more