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According to film trade analyst Atul Mohan, 23.52 crore cinema goers - up by 10 percent from last year - went to multiplexes, which include both national and local players.
The cinema exhibition industry, which has witnessed significant consolidation in recent years, would have over 3,000 multiplex screens by 2019, said ratings agency ICRA.
Mumbai-based Carnival Cinemas may add 250 screens to its burgeoning list of cinemas that it operates through the country in 2016, a move that will bump its screen count to about 600 and is targeting total screen count of 1,000 by 2017, Chairman Shrikant Bhasi told CNBC-TV18's Priya Sheth.
Reliance Capital is the parent firm of Reliance MediaWorks, which operated cinema chains under the brand 'BIG Cinemas' with over 250 screens across the country.
