2,000 for a Coolie ticket: Bengalureans shocked at exorbitant charges for Rajinikanths movie

The ₹200 worth cap on film tickets continues to be a dream for movie lovers of Bengaluru. In July, the State authorities had issued a draft notification on capping cinema ticket costs. However, the ticket charges for the upcoming Rajinikanth biggie, Coolie, has left individuals shocked and shocked in equal measure. The film will hit the screens worldwide on August 14, 2025.

On Saturday, August 9, 2025, advance bookings opened for the upcoming film in Karnataka, with the Lokesh Kanagaraj-directorial setting a field workplace report inside minutes. In half-hour, round 10,000 tickets have been offered with 66 reveals, making Coolie the quickest movie ever to the touch the determine on the Bengaluru field workplace.

What caught individuals’s consideration was the whopping worth vary for the early-morning reveals (between 6.00 a.m. and seven.00 a.m.) at single screens. The most quantity was ₹2,000 on the Swagath Shankar Nag on M.G. Road for Gold Recliner seats, with the opposite seats being offered at ₹1,500 (Gold) and ₹1,000 (Silver and Lounge).

At Lakshmi Cinema in Taverekere, Diamond class seats have been priced at ₹1,000 per ticket, whereas Gold Class ones have been priced at ₹800. Across Bengaluru, the common worth for all of the early-morning and morning reveals was ₹400-500. Few extra single screens are seemingly so as to add early-morning reveals at ₹1,000 per ticket within the coming days.

On social media, theatres drew criticism for the exorbitant ticket charges. Tamil Nadu, Rajinikanth’s fortress, is charging no more than ₹200 per ticket, together with one of many largest multiplexes in India, Mayajaal, in Chennai.

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Bengaluru has remained notorious for high-priced film tickets. In the Budget for 2025-26, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had introduced that the price of a ticket of any present in all theatres of the State, together with multiplexes, could be capped at ₹200. On July 14, the federal government had given a discover of 15 days to these more likely to be affected by the rule. However, there was no new announcement on the matter from the federal government.