Hyderabad: The movie tickets of the newly released Telugu movie RRR are selling at 4-5 times the official price across many theatres in Hyderabad.
Rajamouli’s directorial ‘RRR’ which is a fictional story inspired by Telugu freedom fighters Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem has hit the theatres on March 25. RRR stands for Rise Roar Revolt in English and Roudram Ranam Rudhiram in Telugu. The movie stars Ram Charan, Alia Bhatt, Jr NTR, and Ajay Devgn in lead roles.
Siasat.com visited theatres in different areas to understand the situation around the high demand. A black ticket vendor outside the Miraj Cinemas in Miyapur told us that he could get us up to 15 ‘Executive’ seat tickets for the afternoon show at Rs 800 per ticket. The actual price of that particular ticket in this theatre is Rs 230.
Hyderabad: RRR ticket prices trigger netizens’ reactions
At Viswanath 70MM theatre in Kukatpally, the scene is not much different. Tickets in black are touching Rs 750-800 while the actual cost in the Balcony is Rs 230. When we tried to bargain to understand how the market works, the vendor didn’t budge from the quoted price. “I get a cut of a mere Rs 50. The police caught me in the morning and snatched all my tickets. I incurred a loss of Rs 2000 due to that,” he said.
Cinema lovers who want to watch the movie first day on-screen find the whole experience taxing especially on the financial front. “I bought the ticket in black at Rs 800 because I am a big fan. But I cannot take my whole family to the theatre at this price. The movie will be online and on the OTT very soon. They will watch it at that point,” a fan said.
