The Multiplex Association of India (MAI) has expressed disappointment at the Central government not having granted cinemas permission to reopen under Unlock 3.0. It has said that multiplexes were hopeful of permission to reopen from 1st August and were ready with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) of the kind adopted post-lockdown in countries which have reopened cinemas. The MAI also rued the fact that the livelihood of millions of people, which depended on the reopening of cinemas, would now be adversely affected.