The Karnataka Excessive Court docket Tuesday granted an interim keep towards the Rs 200 cap on cinema tickets within the wake of the upcoming launch of Kantara: Chapter 1, starring Rishab Shetty, on October 2.
Hombale Movies, the makers of Kantara: Chapter 1, and the Multiplex Affiliation of India are among the many a number of petitioners who approached the Karnataka Excessive Court docket towards the brand new rules capping film ticket costs at Rs 200 (excluding taxes) throughout the state.
As beforehand reported by The Indian Specific, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi appeared for the Multiplex Affiliation within the preliminary listening to final Tuesday earlier than a bench of Justice Ravi V Hosamani. He questioned the reasoning behind fixing the costs at that time. He additionally drew an analogy to airline costs, mentioning that it couldn’t be mandated that every one airline seats needed to be financial system seats.
Senior advocate Dhyan Chinappa, showing for Hombale Movies, mentioned the brand new regulation had been added to a rule associated to the organising of ticket cubicles, with no connection to the pricing of tickets. He additionally said that the investments made by filmmakers had not been accounted for.
For the federal government, Extra Advocate Normal Ismail Zabiulla mentioned this step had been taken within the public curiosity. On the similar time, the Karnataka Movie Chamber of Commerce additionally filed an impleading utility opposing any interim order favouring the petitioners.
The detailed order by the Karnataka Excessive Court docket within the interim keep order on value capping is awaited.
The value ceiling, introduced on September 12, adopted the federal government’s modification to the Karnataka Cinemas (Regulation) Guidelines, 2014. The brand new rules are formally generally known as the Karnataka Cinemas (Regulation) (Modification) Guidelines, 2025.
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The cap doesn’t have an effect on multi-screen premium cinemas with fewer than 75 seats. This coverage was beforehand launched within the state in 2017 as effectively, however was withdrawn within the face of a problem to it within the Karnataka Excessive Court docket.
Kantara: Chapter 1, a prequel to the 2022 hit Kantara, is about for a worldwide theatrical launch in a number of languages, together with Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, English, and Bengali. Shetty is the director and lead actor of the film.
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