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Indians watched more than 2,200 movies in theatres in 2019

Indians watched more than 2,200 movies in theatres in 2019, with people of Delhi booking the most number of tickets, followed by Chennai and Mumbai.

Among Tier-2 cities, the people of Jaipur, Lucknow and Visakhapatnam emerged as the ultimate movie fanatics.

Akshay Kumar, who gave four hit films –Kesari, Mission Mangal, Housefull 4 and Good Newwz in 2019–was the year’s top star. Hrithik Roshan’s experiment with his look in Super 30, which narrated the life of mathematician Anand Kumar and his educational programme, and him performing high-octane action sequences in War helped him win over the audience once again.

Among actresses, Kabir Singh star Kiara Advani made it to the top position, followed by Shraddha Kapoor (Saaho and Chhichhore) and Kriti Sanon (Luka Chuppi, Arjun Patiala, Housefull 4 and Panipat).

About 50 per cent of tickets sold for Avengers: Endgame were for Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. At the peak of bookings, the film saw 1400 tickets sold per minute on Paytm.

Vijay’s Bigil (Tamil) claimed the title of the top regional movie, followed by Mahesh Babu’s Maharshi (Telugu) and the Diljit Dosanjh-starrer Shadaa (Punjabi).

Overall, Tamil movie bookings increased by 78 per cent, Telugu movies saw a leap of 116 per cent and Punjabi movies grew by 20 per cent on Paytm.

–IANS