India must put money into extra theatres, says Aamir Khan | Bollywood

On day two of the primary World Audio Visible and Leisure Summit right here, the 60-year-old actor participated in a session titled “Studios of the Future: Placing India on World Studio Map”.

Aamir stated there’s a critical want for funding in infrastructure to spice up the trade’s development.

“My perception is that we have to have much more theatres in India and theatres of various varieties. There are districts and huge areas within the nation which do not have a single theatre.

“I really feel that no matter points we now have confronted over the a long time is nearly having extra screens. And in line with me, that’s what we must be investing in. India has enormous potential however that may solely be realised when you will have extra screens throughout the nation. In the event you do not, then folks will not watch the movies,” the actor stated.

The famous person highlighted that India is means behind america and China by way of cinema display depend.

“For the scale of the nation and the variety of folks residing right here, we now have only a few theatres. I believe we now have round 10,000 screens. Within the US, which has one-third the inhabitants of India, they’ve 40,000 screens. So they’re means forward of us. China has 90,000 screens.

“Now, even on this 10,000, half of them are within the South and the opposite half is in the remainder of the nation. So for a Hindi movie usually, it’s round 5,000 screens,” Aamir stated.

Even for blockbuster motion pictures, solely a tiny fraction of Indians are capable of watch them in theatres, he famous.

“Solely two per cent of the inhabitants in our nation, which is recognised as a movie loving nation, watches our largest hits in theatres. The place is the remaining 98 per cent watching a film?” he requested.

He additionally lamented that many areas in India, together with areas like Konkan, haven’t any theatres in any respect.

“Individuals in these areas will hear concerning the movies, will see the chatter on-line however there isn’t any solution to watch them… that is a really unlucky state of affairs. So the very first thing we have to do is that we will need to have extra screens,” Aamir added.

On the primary day of the summit, Aamir’s up to date Shah Rukh Khan had additionally batted for extra theatres within the nation.

“I nonetheless consider the decision of the day is easier, cheaper theatres in smaller cities and cities in order that we are able to showcase Indian movies in whichever language to a bigger majority of Indians for cheaper charges. In any other case, it is changing into very costly, solely in large cities,” he stated.

On the session, Aamir was joined by producers Ritesh Sidhwani, Dinesh Vijan, Namit Malhotra, PVR Inox founder Ajay Bijli and

American movie producer Charles Roven.

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