AP Govt’s new order is a talk of the town for a while now, where the Government says, there should be no extra shows or hiking of film ticket prices is not allowed keeping the common man in mind and exhibitors should screen movies only in the prescribed timings, even for big films. But in reality, it’s not just the filmmakers who’ll face huge losses but also the government says Veteran director and producer K. Raghavendra Rao.
Many raised their concern over the Govt’s order right from actor Nani, Pawan Kalyan, Chiranjeevi, Producer Ram Satyanarayana, and now K. Raghavendra Rao.
— Raghavendra Rao K (@Ragavendraraoba) December 1, 2021
The director has taken to his Twitter to convey his thoughts on why the government’s move is not correct. The ‘Annamayya’ director in his statement mentioned, “I have been a director and producer in this industry for nearly 45 years and this is my opinion on the new initiative of the government. We must never forget the facts; the reason I’m in this position today is due to the audiences first then its theater owners, later my producers, and in total all of them. Now, all the above have to suffer severe losses with the above new G.O of the government. A great wonderful and heart-touching story can only be said through movies in theaters with all its technology. The experience of watching movies on big screens is unmatched by that of TV, OTT’s or other platforms.”
“Now with the reduction of film tickets price we cannot make such good movies, additionally all the above-said aspects will have to face huge losses. Also, several families rely on the film industry either directly or indirectly and it is a known fact that the success rate in the film industry is only 10%.. Therefore it is not right for the Govt to say that the new online system will stop looting people. A moviegoer will watch a movie even if the film ticket price is Rs 300/500 and only if the film is good and exciting whereas he will not watch a bad film even if you sell them a film ticket for even Rs: 1/-.. Even if the government manages online ticketing, a few influential biggies may block the tickets online and sell them in black offline through their followers. But if the government allows to hike film tickets prices and have more no. of shows, it’s only the government who’ll get benefit by getting more tax. Therefore, considering all the above facts hope the government will rethink its new G.O and do justice to the needy. yours, K. Raghavendra Rao,” he concluded.
Let’s see how the PR minister Perni Nani & his Jagan Mohan Reddy government reponds to the Darshakendra’s letter..!
