Mardaani was
declared tax free soon after its first weekend was concluded and still the
benefit of it did not show on its cumulative numbers much. The film went tax
free in both Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh and now even Mary Kom released
tax free in multiple states including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
The entire motive of allowing the film to go tax free is to enable more and
more people to watch the film. But most metropolitan cities are victims of
price discrepancies between the single screens and multiplexes.
As per
reports of a popular leading daily, in case of Maharashtra, a 45% rebate is
ideal for Mary Kom given the tax structure of the state.
While many theaters, especially single screens have lowered the prices of the
tickets to as low 90 rupees per ticket, multiplexes still continue to rake in
300 rupees per ticket for Mary Kom. On weekends, the
prices were even higher, touching 400 rupees at many top multiplexes in the
city.
The leading
daily even brought to notice that the term ‘tax-free’ is not being used
honestly because a lot of theaters which actually would have charged the 150
rupees for the ticket show the drop on the raised prices of the film that
stretches to double at times. The heightened price is shown as 300 rupees for a
ticket which after tax exemptions is 150 when the original price should have
been 150 at most places. Though multiplex owners have told the daily that Mary
Kom is enjoying
atleast a 30% drop in its ticket prices, the same doesn’t show in the prices
for real.
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