With SRK’s Raees and Hrithik’s Kaabil pitted against each other in the box office battle, the capital’s theatre owners explain the unequal distribution of screen spaceThe Raees versus Kaabil war is raging even after release.. "Kaabil was announced in August last year, so we slotted the bigger auditorium for the film. Whereas, Raees has been slotted for the smaller auditorium but the film is doing better business than Kaabil,” informs Raj Kumar Malhotra, general manager, Delite cinema — one of the oldest single screen theatres in Delhi.

In Delite cinema, the 988-seater auditorium where Kaabil is slotted screens four shows daily and the 148-seater smaller auditorium with Raees screens five shows daily.But do owners of multiplexes like Wave, PVR and Spice shoulder the responsibility of giving films equal space and shows in a general situation? "We do have the responsibility but it depends on how much they hit our commercial targets.For single screen theatres, however, the distribution of shows depends upon the time of the announcement of the film. are taken into consideration. With actor Hrithik Roshan and father Rakesh Roshan expressing their deep discontent over the clash of the release date and the unequal distribution of screens/shows, we speak to single screen theatre owners and multiplexes in the capital about the screen space allotted to the two movies. 

So factors such as the content of the movie, attracting-the-youth factor and how strong are the teasers and promotions of the movie, etc.” He adds, "The deciding factor, when such a situation arises, is the film’s mass appeal. 60-40 is an average ratio and since Raees on the first day garnered almost double the turnover than Kaabil, then why won’t we give more shows to it?” says Yogesh, adding that Kaabil is likely to sustain better than Raees after the long weekend. 

The sooner the distributor (of a movie) approaches us for a film, the better the chances of that movie being allotted the larger auditorium, with more shows, of course. Besides that, we also consider the publicity quotient of the flick — how much of a presence it has made on different platforms, especially on social media, who all are backing the movie and their word of mouth publicity, etc.”According to Rakesh Warikoo, general manager, Spice cinemas, multiplex owners have their limitations: "SRK is a superstar, so we were bound to give more shows and screens to Raees.

When it comes to the clash of release dates between two Bollywood mega blockbusters, we are bound to follow industry trends and give more screen space to movies that feature the bigger star,” says Yogesh Raizada, vice president, Wave cinemas, "Hence, we have provided screen space to Raees and Kaabil in a 60-40 ratio.The capital’s theatre owners explain the unequal distribution of screen space pu squishy keychain toys Supplier Stills from Raees and KaabilHowever, having said that, since we had noticed that there was a huge clash, we made sure that from our end, we gave an equal amount of ‘primetime’ shows to both the movies,” says Rakesh.Raj says that he doesn’t have to wait for industry trends like multiplexes. While Raees is appealing to people of all age groups, Kaabil is a more serious movie with a class appeal, which caters to only a limited audience. 

It’s purely on first come, first serve basis,” explains Raj. With SRK’s Raees and Hrithik’s Kaabil pitted against each other in the box office battle, the capital’s theatre owners explain the unequal distribution of screen spaceThe Raees versus Kaabil war is raging even after release.. "Kaabil was announced in August last year, so we slotted the bigger auditorium for the film. Whereas, Raees has been slotted for the smaller auditorium but the film is doing better business than Kaabil,” informs Raj Kumar Malhotra, general manager, Delite cinema — one of the oldest single screen theatres in Delhi. In Delite cinema, the 988-seater auditorium where Kaabil is slotted screens four shows daily and the 148-seater smaller auditorium with Raees screens five shows daily.But do owners of multiplexes like Wave, PVR and Spice shoulder the responsibility of giving films equal space and shows in a general situation? "We do have the responsibility but it depends on how much they hit our commercial targets.For single screen theatres, however, the distribution of shows depends upon the time of the announcement of the film. are taken into consideration. With actor Hrithik Roshan and father Rakesh Roshan expressing their deep discontent over the clash of the release date and the unequal distribution of screens/shows, we speak to single screen theatre owners and multiplexes in the capital about the screen space allotted to the two movies. 

So factors such as the content of the movie, attracting-the-youth factor and how strong are the teasers and promotions of the movie, etc.” He adds, "The deciding factor, when such a situation arises, is the film’s mass appeal. 60-40 is an average ratio and since Raees on the first day garnered almost double the turnover than Kaabil, then why won’t we give more shows to it?” says Yogesh, adding that Kaabil is likely to sustain better than Raees after the long weekend. "The sooner the distributor (of a movie) approaches us for a film, the better the chances of that movie being allotted the larger auditorium, with more shows, of course. Besides that, we also consider the publicity quotient of the flick — how much of a presence it has made on different platforms, especially on social media, who all are backing the movie and their word of mouth publicity, etc.”According to Rakesh Warikoo, general manager, Spice cinemas, multiplex owners have their limitations: "SRK is a superstar, so we were bound to give more shows and screens to Raees.

"When it comes to the clash of release dates between two Bollywood mega blockbusters, we are bound to follow industry trends and give more screen space to movies that feature the bigger star,” says Yogesh Raizada, vice president, Wave cinemas, "Hence, we have provided screen space to Raees and Kaabil in a 60-40 ratio.The capital’s theatre owners explain the unequal distribution of screen space pu squishy keychain toys Supplier Stills from Raees and Kaabil

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Dhaka: Paceman Jake Ball claimed five wickets on debut after Ben Stokes scored his maiden century as England came from behind to snatch a 21-run win over Bangladesh in the first one-day international in Dhaka on Friday.Stokes hit 101 off 100 balls to guide England to 309-8 but it seemed not good enough as opener Imrul Kayes struck a century and shared a 118-run partnership with Shakib Al Hasan to take Bangladesh tantalisingly close to a heroic win.With Bangladesh needing 39 off 51 balls, Ball, who finished with 5-51 runs, removed Shakib for 79 and then bowled young Mosaddek Hossain off the next ball to help England claw their way back.Bangladesh lost all hope when leg-spinner Adil Rashid, who also played a big part in the visitors' win with 4-49, dragged Kayes out of his crease off a wide ball for England skipper Jos Buttler to complete the stumping.

Kayes departed for 112 after facing 119 balls with Bangladesh still needing 30 runs from six overs.Bangladesh lost their last six wickets for just 17 runs to be dismissed for 288 in 47.5 overs, handing England a 1-0 lead in three-match series.Kayes struck 11 fours and two sixes and batted with muscle cramp since he was on 81.He paired with Shakib after Ball and Rashid landed some early blows to leave Bangladesh on 153-4."Incredible. I just thought I had to come in and hit it hard. No chance of me coming off, great chance for the five-for," said man-of-the-match Ball, who claimed the final wicket to wrap up the win."There was a bit of variable bounce. (I) hit the pitch hard, it skidded hard and changed the pace."'It should have been easy':Stokes and Buttler, who scored 63 off 38 balls, earlier set up England's total as the visitors recovered from 63-4 to post a competitive score after electing to bat first at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.Stokes, who hit eight fours and four sixes, was dismissed just after completing his century by nudging paceman Shafiul Islam towards midwicket for a quick single.A miscued pull shot in the next over landed in the safe hands of Sabbir Rahman at deep-midwicket as Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza ended Stokes' onslaught.

Stokes, who was dropped twice by Mahmudullah and Mosharraf Hossain when he was at 69 and 71, received invaluable support from debutant Ben Duckett and the duo put on 153 runs for the fourth wicket stand.Duckett, batting at one-down position in his first international, showed composure with 60 off 78 balls, including six boundaries.England slowed down after the rapid departure of Duckett and Stokes but skipper Buttler kept up the momentum, taking his side past the 300-run mark."Fantastic game. I'm stood there thinking I got the toss all wrong," said Buttler."Stokesy dragged everyone together and said one last push. They were cruising it, but new batters came in. Great to continue winning habit."Bangladesh captain Mortaza lamented their poor catching."(It) should have been an easy game for us. 

Three hundred nine runs are always difficult but it was a nice wicket," he said."Dropped catches cost us, (or) the score could have been 280," he said.The series started under tight security, with fans waiting in long queues and being patted down by policemen before entering the stadium.Roads adjacent to the ground were kept off-limits for bystanders while security personnel were deployed around the stadium.England's tour, which also includes two Tests, had been thrown into doubt after an attack on a cafe in Dhaka in July that killed 18 foreigners, many of whom were hacked to death, by suspected Islamist militants.

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Gambhir’s stay was short lived as he was bowled by Shivam Mavi leaving Delhi’s run chase in trouble.Rishabh Pant and Glen Maxwell then put on 62 run stand between them. Once Pant (43 of 36 balls) and Maxwell (47 runs of 22 balls) were dismissed, no other batsmen put up fight as wickets kept tumbling like pack of cards. In the end Delhi were bowled out for 129 runs in 14.2 overs to hand KKR a comfortable win.DD 129-10 after 14.2 oversWICKET! First Morris and now Shankar, that&China pressure relief ball Supplier39;s two wickets in the over for Sunil Narine.WICKET! Maxwell's entertaining knock comes to an end. 

The Australian tries to hit third six on trott to Kuldeep Yadav, but this time he holds it straight to Uthappa.DD 99-5 after 10 oversWith half of the side gone, Delhi batsman will have to dig deep to stand any chance of winning the game. With Maxwell at the crease, Delhi can still hope for a miracle.WICKET! Tom Curran gets the 5th wicket for KKR, Rahul Tewatia dismissed for just 1 run. This was full and wide and the batsman hits it straight to Russel at short extra coverWICKET! Oh Oh tats really unlucky for Rishabh Pant. He looked well set for half century, but hits a short ball from Kuldeep straight into   the hands of Chawla at deep mid wicket. Sad ending to a good innningsDD 45-3 after 5 oversPoor start for Daredevils as their top three batsmen Jason Roy, Shreyas Iyer and skipper Gautam Gambhir have all departed without troubling the scorecard. Great bowling by KKR bowlersWICKET! 

Shivam Mavi gets the breakthrough. The youngster has picked up the big wicket of Gautam Gambhir . The balls takes the inside edge and hits the stumpWICKET! Shreyas Iyer departs early, another breakthrough for KKR. Russel hitting the deck hard and deviates the ball outside off stump. Iyer pokes at the ball and it takes edge and goes to Nitish Rana at first slipDD 4-1 after 1 overWICKET! Early breakthrough for KKR, Jason Roy stumped by Dinesh Karthik for 1 run. Poor start for DelhiDelhi Daredevils inningsNitish Rana scored 59 runs of 38 balls as Kolkata Knight Riders set up Delhi target of 201 runs to win at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Monday.

The left Hander hit sixes and fours in his explosive innings. Andre Russel also contributed with the bat scoring 41 runs of 12 balls which had 6 sixes.After been asked to bat, openers Sunil Narine and Chris Lynn failed to provide strong start as Delhi bowlers Trent Boult and Chris Morris kept things tight right from the first over.Narine was the first to go as he edged Boult delivery straight to wicket keeper Rishabh Pant who deflected the ball to Maxwell in the first slip. Robin Uthappa and Chris Lynn then went after bowlers especially Shahbaz Nadeem , who was taking the beating from Uthappa. 

The bowler had the last laugh as he had him caught and bowled for 35 and also broke the 50 run partnership.With bowlers keeping things tight it looked like Delhi will restrict the host for low score, but West Indian powerhouse Andre Russel had another idea. He went after the bowling attack right from the first ball and along with Nitish Rana , counterattacked the bowlers in the last five overs. Russel and Rana put up 61 run stand before the West Indian was clean bowled by Boult with old fashion Yorker.After Rana’s dismissal host lost quick wickets and eventually finished the innings on 200 for the loss of 9 wicketsKKR 200-9 after 20 oversThat's the end of KKR innings as Tewatia picks up three wickets in the final over to restrict the host.WICKET! Andre Russel entertaining knock comes to an end. Trent Boult with the old fashioned yorker that disturbs the timber.KKR 145-4 after 15 oversWICKET! 

Dinesh Karthik's poor run with the bat continues as he manages to score just 19 runs before throwing away his wicket.KKR 90-3 after 11 oversWICKET! Chris Lynn has to go back, Shami with the wicket. Lynn couldn't get the timing and hits the ball straight into hands of Jason Roy at long onKKR 85-2 after 10 oversKKR 32-1 after 5 oversAfter Uthappa onslaught, Nitish Rana continued to play big shots going after spinner Nadeem who finished with figures of 1/43 in his 4 overs.WICKET! Shahbaaz Nadeem with the big breakthrough for Delhi. Robin Uthappa trying to go for a big shot only to get a top edge as the ball goes high and straight into the hands of Nadeem.KKR 32-1 after 5 oversAfter losing Narine early, Uthappa and Lynn have been playing cautiously and only despatching bad balls to the boundary as Delhi pacers have hardly given them room to free their arms thanks to some tight bowling.WICKET!

Trent Boult with the breakthrough, Narine edges one back to wicketkeeper Pant to deflects it to Maxwell on the first slip.Trent Boult starts with maiden over for DelhiKolkata: Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine will be opening the innings for Kolkata Knight Riders Here are the final team lineups for this gameDD XI: G Gambhir, J Roy, R Pant, G Maxwell, S Iyer, V Shankar, C Morris, R Tewatia, S Nadeem, M Shami, T Boult— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 16, 2018KKR XI: R Uthappa, C Lynn, N Rana, S Narine, D Karthik, A Russell, S Gill, S Mavi, T Curran, P Chawla, K Yadav— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 16, 2018 Toss aredevils have won the toss and opted to bowlKolkata have made one change to their side bringing in Tom Curran in place of Mitchell JohnsonIt's time for Match 13 of #VIVOIPL as the two teams make their way to the Eden Gardens.#KKRvDD pic.twitter.com/A702APEwOi— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 16, 2018Preview: Delhi Daredevils Gautam Gambhir will be coming back to the city of joy, where he spent his best years as Kolkata Knight Riders skipper. He captained the Kolkata outfit, to two IPL titles during his stay and would be looking to continue his winning run. 

This time around he will be wearing the blue and red jersey of Delhi and will face Dinesh Karthik and co, when these two teams collide in the much anticipated clash at Eden Gardens on Monday.Karthik-led KKR are desperately looking to get their campaign back on track after After back-to-back defeats, while Delhi will hoping to carry their winning momentum from the Mumbai game.While Kolkata suffered defeats at the hands of Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last two games, Delhi bounced back with vctory in the last game against Mumbai after tasting defeat against Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals in a rain-hit match.

Jason Roy, who was brought into the match against Mumbai in place of Colin Munro, will be looking to carry on the form after playing match winning knock in the last game.Gambhir too is expected to be among runs at Eden Gardens.KKR will be mlooking to bring back Sunil Narine at top of the order after the move to bring him down the order in the last game backfired. Karthik would also be hoping that his deputy Robin Uthappa, will be able to get his midas touch with the bat, that has been helping him score heavily .The home side batting will be tested against quality bowling line up comprising of Trent Boult, Mohammed Shami, Chris Morris and Daniel Christian.Squads:Kolkata Knight Riders: Dinesh Karthik (captain), Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Kuldeep Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Shivam Mavi, Mitchell Johnson, Shubman Gill, R Vinay Kumar, Rinku Singh, Cameron Delport, Javon Searless, Apoorv Wankhade, Ishank Jaggi and Tom Curran.Delhi Daredevils: Gautam Gambhir (captain), Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Chris Morris, Glenn Maxwell, Amit Mishra, Shahbaz Nadeem, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammad Shami, Trent Boult, Colin Munro, Daniel Christian, Jason Roy, Naman Ojha, Prithvi Shaw, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Avesh Khan, Abhishek Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Harshal Patel, Manjot Kalra, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sayan Ghosh.When is the match?The match is scheduled to start at 8 pm IST on Monday (April 16)Where is the match?The match will take place at Eden Gardens, KolkataLive telecast and timings:With Star India now acquiring the media rights from Sony Pictures Network India for the upcoming season, the matches will be telecast on various Star Sports channels.Live streaming:The matches can be viewed live on Hotstar.com or on the Hotstar app.

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They can definitely emulate the performances of the team that played under Sourav Ganguly and won Test matches in England and Australia," Sehwag told PTI during an interaction. In my career, I have not seen cases where people have performed consistently and yet did not get a chance at the highest level," said the man, who has scored 8586 Test and 8273 ODI runs with 38 international hundreds. Tennis ball is a different pressure."Rishabh's future is very bright.The Test captain has the quality in its pace attack to win outside the sub-continent just like Sourav Ganguly's team did during 2000-2004.

There is a process in place for everything. The tournament is being promoted by Petromann, a UAE based oil and gas company.The Test team under Kohli has been invincible at home, having thrashed South Africa and New Zealand by identical margins of 3-0 and is also on a roll against England leading 2-0 in a five-match series. 

We have Umesh Yadav and someone like Ishant Sharma, who can also win India matches.For the dashing opener, what sets Kohli's team apart is the quality in pace attack that has forced someone like Ishant Sharma to wait in the wings. Post 2000, tennis ball cricket also became a career for a lot of players with prize money shooting up to Rs 51,000. People won't be happy for anything less than sixes and fours," Sehwag signed off. The tournaments I played had the winning team getting a purse of Rs 2100, Rs 3100 which would be divided among 11 players.""There is no reason why they can't replicate their performances at home in overseas conditions," said Sehwag, who is also the brand ambassador of world's biggest ever tennis ball cricket tournament 10PL carrying a total prize money of 250,000 Dirham. We have a brilliant bowler like Mohammed Shami.In the UAE to promote 10 Premier League or 10PL, Sehwag spoke about his teenage days in Najafgarh when he played a lot of tennis ball tournaments. People throng to the grounds to see a Dhoni, Tendulkar or a Sehwag hit sixes and fours."I, in fact, played a tennis ball tournament after playing for India."There wasn't use to be individual payments at that point of time in mid and late 90's in Delhi's tennis ball tournaments. He has to utilise that and I believe no one can then stop him from playing for India," Sehwag said. He will certainly get his chance to play for India A. Virender Sehwag impressed with Virat Kholi's Test team (Photo: AFP) # New Delhi: Virender Sehwag, the former Indian opener is confident about the current Test team under Virat Kohli..Sehwag feels that Rishabh Pant's future is very bright and he will certainly play for India. "Why not? I would love to play such a tournament. But 250,000 Dirham for tennis ball event is unheard of," said Sehwag. He will certainly play for India."I believe this team under Virat has the quality and capability of winning Test matches outside the sub-continent. Rishabh has to maintain this consistency and before one plays for India, there is India A."The potential of the batting unit with Virat as the leader, we have all seen.So will he be interested in playing in a such tennis ball tournament where one can find him hitting sixes and fours

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