The ₹200 worth cap on film tickets continues to be a dream for film lovers of Bengaluru. In July, the State authorities had issued a draft notification on capping cinema ticket costs. However, the ticket rates for the upcoming Rajinikanth biggie, Coolie, has left folks stunned and shocked in equal measure. The film will hit the screens worldwide on August 14, 2025.
On Saturday, August 9, 2025, advance bookings opened for the upcoming film in Karnataka, with the Lokesh Kanagaraj-directorial setting a field workplace document inside minutes. In half-hour, round 10,000 tickets had been bought with 66 exhibits, making Coolie the quickest film ever to the touch the determine at the Bengaluru field workplace.
What caught folks’s consideration was the whopping worth vary for the early-morning exhibits (between 6.00 a.m. and seven.00 a.m.) at single screens. The most quantity was ₹2,000 at the Swagath Shankar Nag on M.G. Road for Gold Recliner seats, with the opposite seats being bought at ₹1,500 (Gold) and ₹1,000 (Silver and Lounge).
At Lakshmi Cinema in Taverekere, Diamond class seats had been priced at ₹1,000 per ticket, whereas Gold Class ones had been priced at ₹800. Across Bengaluru, the typical worth for all of the early-morning and morning exhibits was ₹400-500. Few extra single screens are seemingly so as to add early-morning exhibits at ₹1,000 per ticket within the coming days.
On social media, theatres drew criticism for the exorbitant ticket rates. Tamil Nadu, Rajinikanth’s fortress, is charging no more than ₹200 per ticket, together with one of many greatest multiplexes in India, Mayajaal, in Chennai.
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Bengaluru has remained notorious for high-priced film tickets. In the Budget for 2025-26, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had introduced that the price of a ticket of any present in all theatres of the State, together with multiplexes, could be capped at ₹200. On July 14, the federal government had given a discover of 15 days to these prone to be affected by the rule. However, there was no new announcement on the matter from the federal government.
