“Mangesh, come on! There’s hardly any margin in film
distribution these days,” said Tyagi.
“Rate’s fixed. Pay me
20, I’ll get the decision reversed.”
The new law mandating theatre owners to allow patrons to bring in outside food into the theaters was hitting revenues hard, especially considering how on-premise eatables were exorbitantly priced. It was time to bring back control into the hands of film distributors and theatre owners. Basically, show-time.
“Fine. 20. Get it done.”
That night however, in an unexpected decision, the government enforced an indefinite Covid-19 lockdown across the state, and their plans went up in smoke.
Note: Hari, thank you for the picture prompt suggestion for today's post! This 100-word micro-fiction is written for the Covid Crazies 2021 Edition of the Blogging from A-Z Challenge. The entire list of 2021 posts can be accessed here.
Reading this one ,I recollected the ongoing meme about karma ..for crazily priced eatables in theatres and restriction on theatres in pandemic..-AA
ReplyDeleteNice one Deepa....
ReplyDeleteLockdown upturned many lives. Although necessary, the worst affected cannot help but blame the governance ..
ReplyDeleteHa ha..karma playing it's part..am sure, the theatre owners are still afloat thanks for exorbitantly priced snacks and drinks all these years
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ReplyDeleteHahaha in this review write up the word that made be double back was on-premise 😂 #needToGetBackToWorkMom
ReplyDeleteGood one 👍🏼
Entire* not review 😋
DeleteNostalgia..Big screen is equal to pure joy...LEAP of confluences at every point....Roar out the gears of belief Thy Invicible Dawn (%)
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