Hyderabad, Sept. 19 -- The Telangana Cinema Theatres Employees Union along and the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) asked the Telangana government to begin a viable programme for the reopening of theatres in order to protect the livelihood of thousands of employees in the film industry.

Several employees staged a protest at RTC cross roads in Musheerabad demanding that the government reopen theatres. Filmmaker Natti Kumar said that the central and state governments have given relaxations to all sectors, and asked why the same is not being extended to cinema halls. "Thousands of employees from the theatre sector and their families are struggling since six months. All the theatres in the city have to reopen immediately," said one of th...