In an era of multiplexes, IMAX theatres, state of art sound systems, seating, etc, it is quite ironical for the government of tamilnadu to fix a maximum price for the cinema tickets. Given the grave differences in the facilities offered by theatres like liberty, devi etc with that of sathyam, sangam, mayajaal and etc the price fixing is unjustified. as a common man, i am happy, but the question here is, will these state of art facilities remain for those who can afford it? I’d say no!
Upcoming cinema halls like pvr and sathyam (expanding) have created a lot of employment opportunities and it would be interesting as to what these halls will offer back to the government. It would be ridiculous to expect sathyam or pvr to price their tickets at 20 / 30 rupees and offer state of art facilities.
While I am with the government, to curb the spiraling prices of the food items sold within these theatres, the fixing of max prices for tickets will definitely have to be based on the facilities offered by these theatres. I’d suggest segmentation of the cinema theatres based on the facilities offered and curb the maximum ticket price. That would be a wiser move compared to what has been done recently.
if the cause was for the common man to go to the theatre and watch a movie and eventually curb video piracy, why then pay loads of money to the film stars, the key for element for high production cost, higher distribution cost and finally the sky rocketing price of the tickets? Ideally the government must control if not curb the salaries and refrain from taking such hasty decisions that might deprive the viewers to experience such state of are facilities. At this rate, we might end up with the "touring talkies" days...sigh
ps: I own no theatres, cinema halls or associated with the film industry except watching it ;-)
Upcoming cinema halls like pvr and sathyam (expanding) have created a lot of employment opportunities and it would be interesting as to what these halls will offer back to the government. It would be ridiculous to expect sathyam or pvr to price their tickets at 20 / 30 rupees and offer state of art facilities.
While I am with the government, to curb the spiraling prices of the food items sold within these theatres, the fixing of max prices for tickets will definitely have to be based on the facilities offered by these theatres. I’d suggest segmentation of the cinema theatres based on the facilities offered and curb the maximum ticket price. That would be a wiser move compared to what has been done recently.
if the cause was for the common man to go to the theatre and watch a movie and eventually curb video piracy, why then pay loads of money to the film stars, the key for element for high production cost, higher distribution cost and finally the sky rocketing price of the tickets? Ideally the government must control if not curb the salaries and refrain from taking such hasty decisions that might deprive the viewers to experience such state of are facilities. At this rate, we might end up with the "touring talkies" days...sigh
ps: I own no theatres, cinema halls or associated with the film industry except watching it ;-)
