P Rammohan Rao, co-producer of Naga Chaitanya and Sekhar Kammula’s “Love Story”, who is also serving as the chairperson of Telangana Film Development Corporation, said producers need to prepare to wait for another six months to see the dust settling down.
He opined that the coronavirus effect will continue to stay until December this year.
We will not see huge footfalls at the theaters even if the lockdown is lifted is a general perception and he echoes the same.
Telugu cinema industry has lost a lucrative summer holiday season. “Not just summer, we may even lose the next six months,” he fears. “Normalcy may return only in January 2021,” he continues in the same breath.
But he’s confident that movie business will come to its normal position in 2021. He is optimistic that heaters will continue to see the housefull boards.
Talking about Naga Chaitanya’s “Love Story”, the producer said they will wait till the things become normal to announce the release date.
Sekhar Kammula had originally planned to release it on February 14th and then pushed the date to April 2nd and later postponed it to May 29.
Now, there is no clarity about its release date.