According to an official press statement, the Producer Council headed by Vishal would be meeting the Chief Minister of the state Edappadi Palanisamy and propose the following set of regulations for theatre owners.
1. No selling tickets above the government scheduled rates for each class and theatre type
2. Sell items in canteen on MRP and viewers can take their own water inside
3. No parking charge
4. Online booking charges will be reduced very soon
5. If any theatre caught selling more than govt prices. They will face consequences
This sure sounds like a positive sign for film buffs but will the theatre unanimously agree to this is something we will have to wait and see.
It is said that even first-day first shows cannot be charged more the government scheduled rates. The proposed base ticket prices are:
Multiplexes - 150 + GST 28% (42) - Total 192
Other A/C theatres - 120 + GST 28% (33.6) - Total 153.6
Non-A/C theatres - 80 + GST 18% (14.4) - Total 95
It looks like the maximum ticket price that a Vijay fan would be paying to watch the First-day first show of Mersal would be 192 excluding online booking charges.
TFPC President, Vishal has made an interesting announcement to gift 10,000 rupees as a gift money to all the members of Tamil Nadu Film Producers Council for Diwali.
The general in TFPC is to distribute sweets and crackers to the member and now Vishal has made a striking change.