India triumph, Nirman loses

Sharma told Newsline that the cinema wanted to go ahead with scheduled telecasts of India vs Sri Lanka and England vs India on the 26th and 29th of this month respectively. quot;Initial cost was more and it would cost less in the coming matches,quot; he pointed out. quot;We would like to telecast all the World Cup matches but that will depend on public demand.quot;

quot;Watching the match on the big screen was an enthralling experience and I8217;m glad I came here to see it,quot; grinned Shiv, as he came out of the theatre. Dr Hemraj diagnosed the reason for the thin audience as quot;waning interest after India dropped the previous two matchesquot;. Panchkula busiessman Rahul Bhutani agreed: quot;Response would have been better if India had been playing Sri Lanka or Pakistan.quot; Theatre manager Kashmiri Lal Sharma noted that when another local theatre had tried to show the final of the Football World Cup the projection system had failed and the audience had left the hall disappointed. quot;Perhaps people had got a bad impression from that earlier experiment,quot; he reasoned. Heavy rain also conspired to keep cricket fans plunked in front of their TV sets at home.