Dhaka, Sept. 17 -- An ominous existential threat now looms above the country's overall cinema industry. The sector involves a lot of segments and activities. Those mainly include movie-making, with directors, artistes, producers, distributors and exhibitors and many others playing their respective roles. A cinema world's vibrant survival is normally dependent on the audience's love for the medium. Intangible features are also involved in the world of movie-making. It emerges in the form of a section of viewers' thirst for 'better cinema.'

All these multi-layer activities came to a total halt with the full-scale outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. During the months-long shutdown, the cinema world in the country has found itself stuck in a ...