Producers worried about high ticket rates for OG. Pawan Kalyan's OG directed by Sujeeth hit the screens today and the film is getting tremendous response from all quarters.
But the exorbitant ticket rates are leaving producers and distributors in Andhra Pradesh worried. Though AP and Telangana goverenment gave permission for ticket rates hike, Telangana High Court stayed the order.
In the midst of all this, Producer S.K. Nayeem Mohammad expressed anger at the hike in ticket rates. He said " The state governments should not to allow steep hikes that “ruin the Telugu film industry. While the official ticket rate was capped at ₹800, some distributors sold tickets for ₹2,000–₹5,000 in some Telangana theatres to cash in on the frenzy. Distributors are even setting revenue targets of ₹1 crore in areas like Kukatpally and RTC Crossroads. Online booking shows ‘full’ status, but some tickets are diverted and sold offline at inflated prices at some places,”
Producer M.V. Krishna Rao spoke about middle class saying “A family spending ₹12,000 on four tickets for a star film won’t have money left to watch other movies for months. This will hurt smaller films and choke the industry,”
He adds "We wish star-studded movies had affordable tickets like in Chennai, where they are not above ₹180 even in multiplexes, but our government is quite magnanimous, which is quite unfortunate,"
In Andhra Pradesh tickets are allegedly being sold for ₹2,500–₹5,000, despite the official price being significantly higher at ₹1,000 per head.