AMN
The Tamil Nadu government today issued orders to hike theatre ticket prices by 25 percent. The order comes against the backdrop of the film industry bodies not releasing any new movies to protest the implementation of 10 percent local body tax on top of the 28 per cent GST.
The maximum ticket price in multiplexes and air-conditioned theatres in Chennai would now be 160 rupees while the minimum will be 50rupees.Theatres operating under village panchayats will charge a maximum of 15 rupees per ticket in ac theatres while it will be minimum of 7 rupees in non-ac theatres.
The new ticket prices will come into effect from Monday.