Leading Bombay exhibitor Nitin Ghelani passed away today (8th November) in. the ICU of Bhatia Hospital in Bombay where he had been admitted two weeks back for COVID-19. He was 78. His entire family had gotten infected by the Coronavirus. While the others recovered, Nitinbhai succumbed.
Nitinbhai jointly controlled around 150 single-screen cinemas in Bombay circuit jointly with Russ Balaporia. Among the cinemas controlled by the duo were Jaihind (Lalbaug, Bombay; which was owned by Russ Balaporia himself), Capitol (Bombay), Badal-Bilee-Barkha (Matunga, Bombay), Citylight (Matunga, Bombay), Basant (Chembur, Bombay), Damodar (Nasik), Shiv (Ahmedabad), etc.