L to R: Poster of biopic on PM Modi, image of Narendra Modi

The biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi titled PM Narendra Modi, would become the first movie to be released post lockdown. The movie, starring Vivek Anand Oberoi, which was first released on May 24, 2019, is slated for a re-release on October 15 this year.

Earlier this week, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar had announced the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that cinema halls would re-open on October 15, after a gap of seven months due to COVID-19 crisis.

As per the SOPs, there should be a distance of one seat between two people and that the cinema hall should operate at the capacity of 50%. Apart from this, constant usage of mask by everyone, proper ventilation and air conditioner temperature settings at above 23 degrees Celsius in the cinema hall has to be followed too.

The movie, which has been directed by Omung Kumar, stars Vivek Anand Oberoi in the title role along with Boman Irani, Darshan Kumaar, Manoj Joshi, Prashant Narayanan, Zarina Wahab, Barkha Bisht Sengupta, Anjan Shrivastav, Yatin Karyekar, Rajendra Gupta, and Akshat R Saluja in lead roles.