A still from the movie Uri.

Shiv Kumar
Tribune News Service
Mumbai, July 25

The Maharashtra Government has ordered all theatres and multiplexes in the state to organise a free screening of ‘Uri – The Surgical Strike’ on July 26 as part of the Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrations.

A media release issued by the state government said Ex-Servicemen Welfare Minister Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar and senior bureaucrats met with representatives of theatre owners and multiplexes in the state where they were told to hold the special screening for ex-servicemen and students of colleges.

“A special screening of the movie will be held at 10 am on July 26 for ex-servicemen and students of colleges on production of their identity cards,” the media statement said.

The department said film distributors and cinema theatre owners have agreed to the screening.

District collectors have also been asked to co-ordinate between theatre owners and college managements to ensure that the event was a success.

However, owners of several theatres told newspapers here that the screening would leave them in losses since they would have to spend on electricity and air-conditioning.

Later on Thursday, the education department sent out circulars to colleges in Mumbai asking principals to inform students about the screening of the movie in the theatres.