State govt. to issue order on reducing ticket rates to Rs 200 in multiplexes from today

State govt. to issue order on reducing ticket rates to Rs 200 in multiplexes from today

BENGALURU: The State government is likely to issue an order reducing ticket rates in multiplexes to Rs 200 on Thursday. Sources in the government confirmed that chief minister Siddaramaiah had signed the order on Tuesday night, but it was yet to be issued by the home department.

President of the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC), Sa Ra Govind, on Wednesday said he would receive the order on Thursday morning and implement it with immediate effect.

"I have been assured that the copy of the order will be given to me on Thursday morning at 10 am. We expect all the multiplexes and single theatres to implement it immediately," he said.

The order comes at a time when advance booking for Bahubali-2 is well underway in some theatres. Distributors have purchased rights to the movie totalling to about Rs 50 crore across the State, with the exception of Tumakuru and Kolar.