By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad,April 27: The AP High Court had ordered the government to constitute a committee and suggest factors while fixing film ticket rates. Based on the committee’s recommendations, the state government has classified theatres into five categories.
Theatres in Greater Hyderabad fall in grade 1, and those in municipal corporations, including Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam, fall in grade 2. Selection grade, special grade and first-grade municipalities come under grade 3. Second-grade municipalities and third grade municipalities come under grade 4, followed by nagar panchayats and gram panchayats in grade 5.
Theatres have been asked to install night vision cameras at the box office to film the buyers during late evening hours, with the CCTV system to be maintained without interruption. Theatres should make emergency evacuation plans and get these approved by the licensing authority. A documentary should be screened during every show for educating the cinegoers on the exits, emergency escape routes.
Old theatres, constructed prior to 2005, have to set up additional facilities in the next three months whereafter they will become eligible to charge the enhanced rates. Three months is also the allotted time by which theatres shall follow revised fire safety measures failing which they shall charge only prerevised rates.
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