India, Nov. 2 -- Earlier this month, a video on social media circulated which said that the infamous Prithvi theatre in Mumbai is shutting down. Eventually it turned out that the theatre was undergoing a renovation before the Prithvi Theatre Festival, which started yesterday. Actor Zahan Kapoor, who is a trustee of the theatre, says he was amused by the reactions to the video.

"Every year in October, for the last 10 years or so, is the time where Prithvi shuts operations for about three weeks, before we reopen with the festival. It is in that period where we do maintenance and renovation. It's just this year the communication of that has happened in a slightly more impactful and dramatic way. Ye hamari masti thi and maine bola ki karte h...