Will look at expansion, capital outlay next year: PVR's Sanjeev Kumar Bijli

The Jt MD of the cinema chain says PVR is currently concentrating on properties that were to be launched before the pandemic struck in March 2020

Even as it continues to open new properties stuck due to the Covid-19 pandemic, PVR Cinemas will look at expansion and capital outlay next year, the company's joint managing director Sanjeev Kumar Bijli said.

Having opened a new property in Jamnagar, taking the tally to 849 screens at 177 properties in 72 cities, PVR Cinemas might launch properties in Mumbai, Rourkela, Hyderabad and Jalandhar depending on approvals and licenses from the respective states.

According to Bijli, PVR is launching properties that were supposed to be launched before the pandemic hit the country in March 2020. These newer properties are the ones that