Dhaka, Sept. 4 -- The entire world is still going through the unprecedented time and consequences of COVID-19, although the reopening of businesses and living with the 'new normalcy' brought changes into living and livelihood in comparison to the lockdown era. Still, some businesses are yet to reopen around the world such as the cinema industry, and this industry in Bangladesh has been eagerly waiting for the reopening to survive.

The term 'survival' has never been coined with this much intensity ever in the timeline of Bangladesh for the cinema industry, as the people in this country are generally known as the movie-loving, 'filmy' people. Movies have always been an integral part of their lives, and theatres have been one of the major r...