Controversy over screen sharing of 'Salaar' and 'Dinky' ends: Prabhas's film will get 70 percent screen, SRK's film not shown in Mumbai's Regal, Maratha Temple

The dispute going on for the last several days over the screen sharing of Salaar and Donkey has been resolved on Thursday. Due to non-availability of screens in North India, the makers of Salaar had boycotted PVR Inox, Cinepolis and Mirage in the South. Now, according to the news coming from him, the multiplex chain has accepted his demand. Officials of the company producing Salaar claimed that all three national multiplex chains have accepted their demand.

Those officials said – The three multiplex chains of the South will give 70 percent of the screens to Salar, while in the North there will be equal distribution between us and Donkey. That means we will get 50 percent screens in the multiplex chains of North India. Here PVR Inox also issued a statement. According to him, the news of conflict which was going on in the trade circle for the last few days is not the reality. Salaar is an important film. It is releasing here on 22nd December.

On Thursday, the film could not run at Regal, Maratha Mandir, Premier Gold in South Mumbai due to non-availability of Donkey's KDM.

Single screen cinemas are facing losses

The war of screen sharing between Dinky and Salar is still going on. Due to this, single screen players have suffered a lot. The distributors of both the films have not been able to decide how to share the screens in North and South. Single screen players have suffered huge losses due to their war.

The real competition will take place after the release of Salaar on 22nd December.

Let us tell you that operators cannot book tickets for Donkey and Salaar in single screen theaters on Friday. Because he had not received any permission from the film's distributors till Thursday evening. This has been confirmed by the exhibitors of Single Screen. Currently, Donkey and Salaar will be released only in multiplexes in North and South India. In the South, the makers of Salaar have definitely not released their film in two important national chains PVR-Inox and Cinepolis.

Even after the release of Donkey, there is a fight between the distributors of the films.

In the words of Manoj Desai, Executive Director, G7 Getty Galaxy and Maratha Mandir Cinemachain, the fight between the distributors of both the films is continuing after the release of Donkey and despite only one day left for the release of Salaar. No one knows at this moment whether we will be able to book Dinky Aur Salaar in theaters like ours on Friday or not.

We had permission to book Donkey only on Thursday, but many single screen theaters in South Mumbai did not get the KDM of Donkey. That is the digital key, due to which you run the film from the digital projector. That could not happen.

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The decision will be in the hands of the public – Veteran Exhibitor Vishek Chauhan

Veteran exhibitor Vishek Chauhan says that the war between Dinky and Salar is going on. This is unfortunate. No matter how much emphasis the distributors put on screen sharing. No matter how much you increase your number in front of the producers, ultimately it is the public who will decide. The public will watch only the film they like. He said that as an example we can take films ranging from Radheshyam and The Kashmir Files to Suryavanshi and Marvels.

The screen ratio of Radheshyam and The Kashmir Files was 4:1 in the first week. In the next week, the same ratio got reversed i.e. The Kashmir Files had 4 and only Radheshyam had 1. Vishek further says, if the dispute between the distributors of Danki and Salar is not resolved then its consequences will be far reaching. The makers of Salaar have a strong lineup of big films. In such a situation, multiplex owners will suffer further losses. It is better to let the public watch the film and decide which film will be in greater demand?