The government’s decision to reduce the GST rate on cinema tickets would make movie viewing more affordable, increase footfall and aid the growth of the industry, the Multiplex Association of India (MAI). The government brought down the GST rates on…

The screening of ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’ was stopped at two single-screen theatres and one auditorium of a multiplex chain recently following protests by the Youth Congress against the controversial film. “We’ve stopped screening of the film, the second day…

Former Deputy Prime Minister and senior BJP leader L.K. Advani, his daughter Pratibha along with the Goa Governor Mridula Sinha and her husband Ram Kripal Sinha dropped by a multiplex in the state capital late recently, to watch Nawazuddin Siddiqui-…

Multiplex operator PVR lately decided not to proceed with the proposed joint venture arrangement with Dubai’s Al-Futtaim Pvt Co for cinema business expansion in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, a senior official said. In July last year,…

With 2.0 being one of the most raged about movies even before its release, talks spiralling around about the technology implemented has certainly given the others an inspiration to try setting trends the same way. With overpowering technological measures and…

Film buffs and youth activists recently joined a sit-in protest here against the withdrawal of director Anik Dutta’s film “Bhobishyoter Bhoot” (Ghost of the Future) from almost all multiplexes and single screen theatres in West Bengal. Thespian Soumitra Chatterjee shot…

The CCI has dismissed a complaint alleging unfair trade practices against multiplex chain operator INOX and Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, the bottling arm of Coca Cola in India, with respect to the selling of beverages in multiplexes. There was no violation…