The Tamil Nadu State Government has revised the base ticket price for film tickets by 25%. This new ticket price system will be in effect from the 9th of October. The multiplexes located in Greater Chennai can now charge a base price of 150. If you add 28% GST (42rs) and 30 rupees booking charge, the final ticket price that a consumer would have to pay would be around 225 rupees.
Here is the abstract of Government's press release: "The Government have formed a High Level Committee with the Additional Chief Secretaries/Principal Secretaries/ Secretaries of the Departments concerned and the representatives from the Tamil Film Chamber of Commerce and the Tamil Film Producers Council to examine various issues relating to Cinema Industry including request of Cinema Associations for revision of the rates of the Cinema Tickets. During the High-Level Committee meeting, the representatives from various Associations from the Cinema Industry have represented that the film industry is facing lots of difficulties due to Video-Piracy, increase in the expenses in running the theatres and filmmaking and enhancement of Entertainment Tax from 20% to 30%. The Associations have further stated that in the view of introduction and enforcement of Goods and Services Tax, they will not be in a position to make films and to operate the cinema theatres at the existing rates of admission and many theatres are being closed In view of the increase in the expenditure and incurring losses. A lot of Cinema Associations have therefore requested the Government revise the rates of admission to the Cinema Theatres." The theatre owners had insisted for 160 rupee base price Chennai city multiplexes. However, the government has granted a slab price of 150 rupees. Greater Chennai base price Multiplex - 150 GST (28%) - 42 Total price for counter booking - 192 Total price for online booking - around 225 Chennai multiplex strike against double taxation escalates-no Tamil films to release this Friday10/4/2017 The Tamil Nadu Film Producers Council on Wednesday said no new Tamil films will release on Friday onwards until the state government removes the additional 10 per cent tax over and above the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
In a statement, President of the Producers Council Vishal said, "We will have a meeting today (Wednesday) to discuss the next course of action. No new Tamil films will release this week as we feel the additional 10 per cent Local Body Entertainment Tax (LBET) above the GST will disable the industry." On Tuesday, the Multiplexes Association of India (MAI) directed multiplexes such as PVR and INOX here to shut shop against double taxation. "All multiplexes operating in Chennai have announced that they are going on strike starting today (Wednesday)," read a statement from MAI. According to the statement, the double taxation defeats the purpose of the GST model and goes against the principle of One Nation One Tax. MAI President Deepak Asher appealed to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswani and Great Chennai Corporation (GCC) Commissioner to consider their request to withdraw the LBET levied on the film exhibition industry in Chennai immediately. Vishal said they were ready to go on indefinite strike if the government did not consider their request. "Various stakeholders have already explained their situation to the government. Unfortunately, 10 per cent tax has been levied without regulating the ticket prices. This will only increase the losses for the producers and pave way to more confusion," Vishal added. Vishal was injured on the sets of Poojai a few days ago and the doctors had advised him complete rest for at least a week so that the injury would be healed well. Following this, the team went on a short break. When enquired when the shooting would resume, we heard that it would be on May 6th at the Mohan Studios in Chennai. Directed by Hari, Poojai stars Vishal and Shruti Haasan as the lead pair. With Vishal’s previous releases Pandiya Naadu and Naan Sigappu Manitha turning out to be huge hits, expectations are high on Poojai. Stay tuned for more updates! The shooting of Vishal starrer Poojai will start tomorrow, April 18th, 2014. The film’s Pooja happened recently and the shooting will commence officially from tomorrow onwards. Directed by Hari, who is known for his racy action-packed entertainers, Poojai stars Shruti Haasan as Vishal’s lead pair. The stills from the photo shoot done recently are creating a positive buzz around this film. Hari and Vishal teamed up for Thamirabharani quite some years ago and the film went on to become a major hit in both their careers. Therefore, movie buffs are waiting in anticipation to know what the duo has in store for them this time around. G Dhananjayan of UTV Motion Pictures has announced that the song Idhayam Unnai Theduthe has been removed from Naan Sigappu Manithan and two scenes post interval has been shortened. The film, starring Vishal and Lakshmi Menon, released to packed houses on April 11th, and has been receiving positive reviews. But there have been reports about the run time and hence the filmmakers have decided to chop off a few scenes and songs. The new version is receiving good reviews, state sources in the tinsel town. The photo shoot of Poojai happened recently in Chennai and went on very well, state sources close to the film unit. This film, directed by Hari, will have Vishal and Shruti Haasan playing the lead pair. Sources in the know say that Vishal wants this film to be out as a Diwali treat this year and the countdown has begun already. With less than 200 days to go for the festival of lights, Poojai is gearing up to offer a grand treat to the fans. It is worth mentioning that Vijay’s ‘Kaththi’ is also slated for release for Diwali this year. Few days ago, we had reported that the much talked about lip-lock sequence involving Vishal and Lakshmi Menon might cost the team ‘U’ certificate. The movie’s crew appealed to the revising committee, and the revising committee awarded a ‘U/A’ certificate for the film. The team decided to retain the lip-lock scene as it is a vital part of the film and removing it might bring down the intensity of the film. Directed by Thiru, the movie is all set to hit the screens on April 11th. Music for the film is scored by GV Prakash Kumar and the movie deals with a strange disorder called ‘Narcolepsy’. Vishal has said that when he met Rajinikanth, the Superstar wanted to know the story of Naan Sigappu Manithan as he had starred in a film with the same title several years ago. When director Thiru narrated the story; particularly about the ‘Narcolepsy’ part, the Superstar was very excited that he had told him that he would like to know how the screenplay is set. This interest evinced by the Superstar has the entire team happy as they could gauge that the film has a lot of expectations among the audiences ever since the teaser release. |
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