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THE DAY AFTER: A lone policeman stands guard outside Liberty Cinema in New Delhi on Monday after it was sealed following a bomb blast on Sunday night. Photo: V.V. Krishnan
NEW DELHI: A day after Delhi was rocked by twin explosions at the Liberty and Satyam cinema halls, theatre owners across the city on Monday decided to withdraw screening of the Sunny Deol-starrer "Jo Bole So Nihaal''. Describing the blast as a "freak incident that could have happened anywhere'', the National Association of Motion Pictures Exhibitors has come up in defence of Liberty and Satyam halls, pointing out that the security measures followed by them were adequate. "The security measures followed by the theatres are adequate. Even so, we have asked all cinema halls to tighten their security. We are now asking them to ensure there is enough checking in the washrooms and other places,'' said Shashank Raizada, president of the Association and owner of Delite Cinema. Theatres owners, however, feel that lapse in security is not the reason that the blasts occurred, as plastic explosives cannot be detected by metal detectors. It was further decided to discontinue the screening of the film as it was seen as a "bone of contention'. "The film was being screened in 80 cinema halls across the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh territory. As of now it has been withdrawn from 63 halls that include all the 30 cinema halls in Delhi. Some theatres in the small centres are still screening the film and we have asked them to withdraw it soon,'' said Anil Aggarwal of Ginni Arts, which is distributing the film in the Delhi-UP territory. While accepting a drop in the sale of tickets despite Monday being a holiday, theatre owners said they expect business to pick up in a couple of days. "Obviously such incidents do affect the psychology of people. There has been a drop, but then security measures are being beefed up and we are hoping that things would get normal soon,'' said Mr. Raizada.
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