Highlights Courtroom Offended On Authorities And BMS About Akhanda 2
The Telangana Excessive Courtroom has expressed robust displeasure in direction of the producers of Akhanda 2 and on-line ticketing platform BookMyShow for defying courtroom orders and promoting tickets at hiked charges. Justice NV Shravan Kumar questioned the disregard for judicial directions, asking, “Do courtroom orders imply nothing? Why are tickets nonetheless being offered on-line?”
The courtroom particularly grilled BookMyShow, which claimed tickets had been offered earlier than the suspension order was obtained, demanding to know if gross sales continued at elevated charges. In response, the Excessive Courtroom issued Contempt of Courtroom notices to CV Anand IPS, Telangana’s Residence Division Secretary, and Ashish Hemrajani, CEO of BookMyShow, for permitting premiere exhibits to proceed regardless of the suspension of the federal government’s ticket worth hike order.
The subsequent listening to is scheduled for 2 weeks later, with the courtroom looking for an in depth report on ticket gross sales. Nandamuri Balakrishna and Boyapati Srinu’s Akhanda 2: Thaandavam launched at the moment, December 12, amidst this controversy. On Thursday, the Excessive Courtroom suspended the Telangana authorities’s memo permitting ticket worth will increase, but lawyer Vijay Gopal filed a contempt petition alleging violations.
The courtroom criticized producers and BookMyShow, emphasizing that ignoring orders to gather extra cash from the general public is against the law. Authorized consultants counsel the end result might set a precedent for regulating ticket costs in future large releases.
