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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
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Topic: multiplex

Cinema economics vs consumer interest: Why HC stayed Karnataka govt’s Rs 200 movie ticket cap

Granting interim relief to multiplex owners & film producers, Karnataka HC stayed amendment to cinema rules despite govt argument that it was a welfare measure.

‘Gadar 2’, ‘Jailer’, ‘OMG 2’ & ‘Bhola Shankar’ create box office history of over Rs 390 crore

The Producers Guild of India and Multiplex Association of India said it was for the first time in 10 years that more than 2 crore people visited various cinema halls last weekend.

Movie-munching gets cheaper: PVR lowers food prices in cue with govt’s reduced GST for cinemas

Days after GST was reduced from 18% to 5%, PVR announces weekday and weekend offers.

Indians flocking back to cinemas, particularly for blockbusters, finds survey

Study by LocalCircles finds a 150% increase in the number of respondents who plan to go to a movie theatre over the next 60 days.

Low prices, big hits — over 6.5 million people in India watched films on National Cinema Day

According to Multiplex Association of India, with tickets priced as low as Rs 75, many major chains in the country saw advance bookings being done for National Cinema Day Friday.

Investors rush to buy multiplex stocks even though Indians aren’t rushing to the movies

Stocks of PVR & Inox have rebounded about 50% since May, after 3 consecutive months of losses when the Covid lockdown shut multiplexes.

On Camera

Free gas to waivers, govt-owned gas firms roll out incentives to push households from LPG to PNG

IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.