The Tamil Nadu Government denies permission to resume film shoots now as the cases continue to pile up. Today, the death count has touched the 100 mark for the first time in Tamil Nadu. So, in this coronavirus peak phase, it is not right time to resume shoot for films feels the government. Minister Kadmbur Raju while talking to the press today has confirmed that the permission for film shoot will not be given any time soon. Raju further added that serials, TV shows and other small screen content to continue production activities, as already happening since they are done indoors with minimal man power. Minister for information and field publicity Kadambur C Raju had earlier said in his statement that the government has now plans to allow permission for theatres to reopen. “The government of Tamil Nadu has no intention to give permission for theatre, marriage halls, temple and shopping malls to reopen in the near future. No relaxations will be given for these business industries right now in order to keep corona situation in control.” 
 
The Novel Corona Virus - COVID 19 had almost got the whole world under shutdown mode for the past few months and all places. Even now, the situation looks so bad but all the governments have relaxed the lockdown rules in order to save their economy. Having said that, places where the public gather in huge numbers are still kept shut down to prevent the virus from spreading. Theatre associations are doing their bit to resolve this issue, they have been in touch with the government to reopen all the theatres with a proper preventive measure. Only when shooting resumes full-fledged and theatres are allowed to open, we can see more people get employed. It is been close to 150 days since all the theatres across the country were asked to shut. Even when all the other industries have been given permission to resume work, theatre industry alone has not been allowed to screen movies. Though theatres have all been shut, all theatres owners have been incurring a loss of around 10 lakhs per month which includes wages for staffs and their maintenance. Some of the theatres across the country have already closed business while some theatre owners still playing the waiting game on when to shut shop.