Cinema is India’s great binder. The shared love that cuts across strata.
How has 2020 affected that?
Stars. Stories. Scaffolding. Can any of it be the same again?
AJAY BIJLI — owner, PVR Cinemas who brought multiplexes to India — speaks of his passion for the movies, the losses & disruption the industry has faced, his take on OTTs, halls, homes, and human nature.
9,000 people laid off. Rs 600 crore lost. And he’s still upbeat and gung-ho.
What’s making him feel that way?