There has been a temporary break in the policy of reducing movie ticket rates in AP. GO was suspended by the High Court. This gives some relief to the upcoming big movies.
The andhra pradesh government has been dealt another blow in the High Court. The high court has suspended GO, which issued a massive reduction in ticket rates.
Allows movie ticket rates to be finalized in an old-fashioned way. Owners of movie theatres have filed a petition in the high court alleging that the government does not have the power to reduce ticket rates. The trial high court decided to suspend GO No. 35.
During the release of pawan kalyan starrer Vakil Saab last April, the ap government decided to reduce overnight ticket rates.
During the release of the film, the issue of an increase in ticket rates in some places reached the High Court. At that time the government issued GO.
The film industry gags that the rates set by the government in that GO are less than ten years old. According to the GO released by the government ... the minimum price is Rs 5 and the maximum price is Rs 250.
Producers are worried that these prices will not even cover the management of the theatres. They want the government to do the same thing to increase ticket rates.
But the government does not agree to revise ticket rates, saying it will not give tollywood such a chance of robbing the poor.
Mega movies are getting ready for release in a row in Tollywood. Films like Pushpa, RRR, Bhimla Nayak, Acharya are yet to be released.
Elsewhere, the situation is good, but the collections in the ap are dull. balakrishna starrer akhanda movie is a super hit in AP.
Theatres are a house full but the collections are not up to expectations. This is due to the very low ticket prices. Now that the high court has given the option of raising ticket rates in the old-fashioned way, it can be considered as good news for the upcoming big movies.
Recently, the ap government passed a law requiring the government to maintain a portal to sell tickets online.
The portal has not yet been launched under that Act. Only then did they think that the government would take a decision on ticket prices. But with the high court suspending GO, ticket prices will remain the same as before.
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